Sun Mar 27, 2016, 04:30 PM

30 days in prison or wear massive sign in public for 80 hours

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Better than sitting in a prison cell? (Picture: WKBN)
A judge ordered a man to wear an enormous sandwich board reading ‘I AM A THIEF I STOLE FROM WALMART’.

Greg Davenport, of Liberty Township, Ohio, pleaded no contest to a theft charge after attempting to steal a 52-inch television from a Wal-Mart in December.

The judge gave him a choice: spend 30 days in prison or wear a large sign outside the supermarket for eight hours a day over ten days of his choosing.

Davenport, 44, said wearing a sign is better than sitting a jail cell, and he isn’t embarrassed anyway.
‘I stole, I got punished. That’s it,’ he told FOX News.

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/26/judge-orders-man-to-wear-massive-sign-reading-i-am-a-thief-5776496/#ixzz448ozwm1e

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30 days in prison or wear massive sign in public for 80 hours (Original post)	Liberal_in_LA	Mar 2016	OP
Had the audacity to take from the Walton Empire.	lpbk2713	Mar 2016	#1
I believe he made the right choice	monicaangela	Mar 2016	#2
I can think of a few others for whom this might be fitting	Sherman A1	Mar 2016	#3
The Waltons should be right beside him	Shoulders of Giants	Mar 2016	#4
They should be.	SammyWinstonJack	Mar 2016	#6
I'd do the thirty. (n/t)	Iggo	Mar 2016	#5
Go to a different Walmart far away from home.	bdwker	Mar 2016	#7
I'm stuck at the part about "steal a 52-inch television".	ebayfool	Mar 2016	#8

Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Sun Mar 27, 2016, 04:33 PM

lpbk2713 (41,733 posts)

1. Had the audacity to take from the Walton Empire.

The judge wanted to get a few points there.

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Sun Mar 27, 2016, 04:33 PM

monicaangela (1,508 posts)

2. I believe he made the right choice

At lease he's honest, that's a good thing. Stealing not so good.

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Sun Mar 27, 2016, 04:39 PM

Sherman A1 (38,958 posts)

3. I can think of a few others for whom this might be fitting

and that would start with the Walton Family and their company.

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Sun Mar 27, 2016, 04:48 PM

Shoulders of Giants (370 posts)

4. The Waltons should be right beside him

And they should hold signs saying "I am a thief. I steal from taxpayers by paying sub standard wages that have to be subsidized by your tax dollars. I bribe the politicians to make this possible."

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Sun Mar 27, 2016, 06:38 PM

SammyWinstonJack (44,095 posts)

6. They should be.

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Sun Mar 27, 2016, 05:22 PM

Iggo (46,294 posts)

5. I'd do the thirty. (n/t)

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Sun Mar 27, 2016, 06:38 PM

bdwker (435 posts)

7. Go to a different Walmart far away from home.

10 hours a day x 8 days.

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Sun Mar 27, 2016, 06:46 PM

ebayfool (3,411 posts)

8. I'm stuck at the part about "steal a 52-inch television".

How does anyone do that? Won't fit in a pocket or purse. Just balls-to-the-wall pick it up and walk out?

But kudos to the guy for owning up to it - ‘I stole, I got punished. That’s it,’ he told FOX News.

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