Shoplifters ordered to wear sign ‘I am a thief’
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Posted on May 08, 2007 11:05 am
BeerHunter
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[quote]ATTALLA, Ala. - 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.[/quote]
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May 08, 2007 11:13 am I love that idea.
cooloFrisco's Most UnderratedMember
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May 08, 2007 12:40 pm nothing like public shame and humiliation to change behavior!
TallChapAnswer:On a good day, lipstick.Member
Since: Jun 24, 2004
May 08, 2007 01:09 pm It's just a modern version of the stocks or pillory.
It's all about deterrence, and humiliation. It's not cruel in this case. If you can't take the punishment, don't do the crime.
They deserve it.
Humiliation like that is far worse than jail, or community service. It's probably working as a deterrent too.
I'm all for tattooing "Child Molestor" on pedophiles' foreheads!
BeerHunterwww.TheLondonProject.caMember
Since: Feb 07, 2005
May 08, 2007 01:52 pm Quote:
I'm all for tattooing "Child Molestor" on pedophiles' foreheads!
Personally I'd like to see them all wearing toe tags.
May 08, 2007 01:53 pm I'm with BH ^^^
For shoplifting and whatnot, especially kids, humiliation among their peers is great, nothing makes an impression on somebody like making them feel like an ***.
cooloFrisco's Most UnderratedMember
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May 08, 2007 02:49 pm took me a second to get it, but yeah, what beerhunter said.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
May 09, 2007 10:29 pm Yep, could not agree more on all counts above. AS for the child molesters, one step before the toe tag. Public castration! Televise it even.
May 09, 2007 10:33 pm That has the makings of a good episode of "House".
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
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May 10, 2007 11:45 pm What, the public castration thing?
May 11, 2007 06:52 am Totally, House would actually enjoy that I think.
RigsbyUltra MagnusMember
Since: Nov 13, 2004
May 11, 2007 09:32 am That's an awesome idea. The signs, not the castration.
May 12, 2007 04:18 am i think the whole idea is silly. give 'em jail time and a big, stupid fine. this is just prurient, weird, masturbatory justice.
we're monkeys.