[国际新闻] 「我是三只手，我偷了沃尔玛的东西」

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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。# p$ Y3 [" i. I- W8 q
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, C! l: j, x# u' O7 V$ uU.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store* X. R7 h5 I% U9 g

( b2 q" \  v0 n. M3 r5.35.249.64ATTALLA, 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.". ^) A2 o: \! r- a5 v' F) T& w; z
Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays.* F( H" c; F' o" W+ Z0 v4 N+ o* e
"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."
/ J% k% g7 t9 Z- R% [4 q1 |One 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., n6 l" R1 A2 t7 u
Fithian maintained her innocence. She said her conviction was based on a misunderstanding: She said she was taking a $7 item to the service desk because it would not scan.
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  l% M: u% j( J7 U& _: f5.35.249.64Outside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel."5.35.249.64. X2 b$ S1 K* J2 t
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.