: _7 {( O% u P6 SU.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store + s8 U. @1 r# l8 Q/ O7 V5 l# H+ d ! ?' U1 S2 D7 C7 z; y 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."" ?* j& E1 b) o7 |* _
Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays.8 }1 o# A/ C* p' t% y
"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." " Q) A- I5 [# E% C# 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. " D+ `1 Z1 J, t3 P0 y5 D/ WFithian maintained her innocence. She said her conviction was based on a misunderstanding: She said she was taking a $7 item to the service desk because it would not scan. 1 H/ e* H/ K( d 7 W4 }) O( k9 }- ?# |0 m
Outside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel." # C- y: F) G4 {$ E% n; ~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.
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