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Judge orders shoplifters to
wear 'I'm a thief' signs
UK
Daily Mail
Monday May 07, 2007
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."
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
11am to 3pm to avoid a 60-day jail sentence. Another convicted shoplifter
was at the store from 3pm to 7pm.
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.
INFOWARS:
BECAUSE THERE'S A WAR ON FOR YOUR MIND
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