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。 / n0 C. u7 j" }$ A, i: O* V : J0 l# d! E6 S" C 5 j. b3 V$ {) h* cU.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store9 r }, F* B# k4 n7 W2 Z
/ W4 @2 a' J z. `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." ; n0 Q2 v5 w1 F; _Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays. 7 n o$ K) d% X! f+ L0 t1 D"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." - v: G" L e" |' iOne 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. # K% Q. q! a% \6 L" dFithian 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. $ c, O# T" ~0 K0 ]: x2 _ 4 |, w/ Q6 L H6 I YOutside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel."6 X$ N& \4 T, e
Hawkins 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.