46岁的丽莎·金·费席安站在阿拉巴马州阿塔拉市的沃尔玛卖场门口,身上挂着「我是三只手,我偷了沃尔玛的东西」的牌子。她被抓到偷窃一件7美元的商品,法官让她选择坐60天牢,还是在沃尔玛门口挂牌罚站四小时。 ]! Z3 W, B) j" \. O. e9 ]5 s
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U.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store ( ^, L2 J$ e( ]# w ' x* ?) J& T; l. |# w ATTALLA, Alabama: Shoppers entering a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Alabama got a reminder not to try anything funny: Two shoplifters stood outside with signs reading "I am a thief, I stole from Wal-Mart."% |) D8 J8 ^( n
Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays.: k: |: s; r* h" O# q8 s
"The only comments we've heard so far have been positive," said store manager Neil Hawkins. "Most of them thought it was a good thing." X; g+ g% V, s3 U( DOne of the shoplifters, Lisa King Fithian, 46, wore the sign from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to avoid a 60-day jail sentence. Another convicted shoplifter was at the store from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.+ X) k# c2 F3 C* g7 u# n
Fithian maintained her innocence. She said her conviction was based on a misunderstanding: She said she was taking a $7 item to the service desk because it would not scan. , m: E) B+ S4 Z0 v% _$ C K # P; F& g- B+ q4 w, u8 Q0 Z. eOutside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel." % X( o3 t5 h5 EHawkins noted how embarrassing it would be for the public to see someone who got caught shoplifting. "Maybe they'll think twice about doing it," he said.