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Case Study: Albert Fish V. Grace Budd

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Albert Fish
After Albert Fish committed most of his crimes he decided to write a letter. This letter was after he kidnapped and killed Grace Budd. On November 1934, an anonymous letter was sent to the girl 's, Grace Budd’s, parents which eventually led the police to Albert Fish. The letter was transported in a packet that had a small hexagonal logo with the letters N.Y.P.C.B.A, this stands for the New York Private Chauffeur 's Benevolent Association (N.A. “Albert Fish 1935”. N.D).
A janitor at the company communicated to the police that he had taken some of the writing implements home but left it at his rooming house at 200 East 52nd Street when he relocated (Ukenholz, T. 2016). The landlady of the rooming house said that Fish checked out of that room a few days prior. She said that Fish 's son sent him currency and he asked her to hold his next check for him (N.A. “Albert Fish 1935”. N.D).
Mrs. Budd was illiterate and could not read the letter herself, so she had her son read it to her, the letter stated:
"My Dear Mrs. Budd,
In 1894, a friend of mine …show more content…

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When asked whether Fish 's causing himself pain indicated a mental condition, Lichtenstein replied, "That is not masochism", as he was only "punishing himself to get sexual gratification". The next witness, Charles Lambert, testified that coprophilia was a common practice and that religious cannibalism may be psychopathic but "was a matter of taste" and not evidence of a psychosis (Praire Ghosts. N.d). The last witness, James Vavasour, repeated Lambert 's opinion. Another defense witness was Mary Nicholas, Fish 's 17-year-old stepdaughter. She described how Fish taught her and her brothers and sisters several games involving overtones of masochism and child molestation (Jerrod, B., Harris. N.d). None of the jurors doubted that Fish was insane, but ultimately, as one later explained, they felt he should be executed anyway. They found him to be sane and guilty, and the judge ordered the death sentence

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