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。, h9 T# q# X0 T' K3 X$ i
% W" Z9 v7 ~$ ]* w ' h; K, D" ]/ g. a" BU.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store 8 v7 t( z5 ~. R# B " d" R% i' g e% X# P1 nATTALLA, 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."$ X( _- D2 t6 |1 p4 w6 H
Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays. ( S8 d+ h' k- F) t"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." ' a8 m/ v% q) a/ | ] 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.% A D! ^7 E) \
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.+ g3 @+ |. I0 z& P5 w' c( e9 E
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Outside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel."4 C- ]- B" K' K2 J1 B1 y. @
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.