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。 ) x6 ]/ R; a, s6 m# G! n% k ' |6 v* q# W/ ^% D; \- f - N& e c& H4 d* dU.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store - {8 O" l4 V# Z6 Q* {9 p' r 2 f) i3 G0 I! W7 ^. U5 aATTALLA, 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."- Y, ^1 m7 J8 |- p$ t) @
Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays.& U, v& M& p( D$ I! A( H! w
"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." ( \" X7 c+ U+ N( }8 }0 tOne 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. " X% A$ d% \$ v( i# e0 S1 \) @" RFithian 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. : H7 X4 z9 y6 U! d 8 C0 ~. N0 Y& }8 ]! V6 Q# yOutside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel." + g+ I4 B V& O/ cHawkins 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.