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Judge Orders Shoplifters to Wear 'I Am a Thief' Signs

ATTALLA, Alabama (AP) -- Shoppers entering the Wal-Mart Supercenter here got a reminder not to try anything funny: Two shoplifters stood outside with signs reading, "I am a thief; I stole from Wal-Mart."

Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays.

"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."

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.

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.

Outside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel."

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.

Source: CNN.com

Is this judge's punishment too cruel? Or is it fair, since these shoplifters could avoid having to go to jail? What do you think?

Labels: crime, punishment, thief

Miss Ho stepped on your garbage at 10:08 pm

8 Comments:

If that is the case...I think they will rather put on the sign and rather get into the jail for 60 days

By Anonymous, at 11:45 pm

it's better than to go to jail!!!

By Anonymous, at 12:09 pm

It is better to wear the sign than to jail,when a person go to jail it will be diffcult for them to find a job when they come out from jail. It is also quiet embarrassing to put the sign too.

By Anonymous, at 3:54 pm

isn't it better if you put on that sign than to go to jail and let people stared at you???

By Anonymous, at 3:13 pm

don't go to jial and put a sign because its differcult to find a good job

By Anonymous, at 3:55 pm

i think he better go to jail than the sign say 'thief'...............

By Anonymous, at 2:00 pm

both is worst

By Anonymous, at 11:09 am

i think he better put on the sign than to go to jail!!

By Anonymous, at 3:01 pm

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