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。7 C) Z2 U k: z9 t! l+ U" a, }
8 e" S# l! `1 v2 K6 g0 N 0 {, Y% ]& W' _4 u2 Q! s" o3 MU.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store* M' Q% g- |: _ f2 |; u
" x0 T+ y4 q# P/ t4 cATTALLA, 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."3 A0 r( W% `& d
Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays.1 E- n& `0 g; V# Z
"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." 8 K# ?. i, P u. E' x; e5 j5 Y+ sOne 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. 0 C; P! c. O% F# wFithian maintained her innocence. She said her conviction was based on a misunderstanding: She said she was taking a $7 item to the service desk because it would not scan.7 ]- ~; w. O# s0 }
4 @$ v9 C1 O9 \8 d4 z; }Outside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel."6 J- W- p3 U) H+ E( G! W# J
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.