Albert Fish's Murder Case

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My client Albert Fish is accused of molesting and murdering 30 or more young children but, he wasn’t in his right mind when he committed the crimes. Now I'm not asking you to forget what Mr. Fish has done but I ask you the jury to consider what I'm about to say when making your final decision. Albert Fish has always had a troubled childhood. With everyone in his family having some form of mental illness. Up till the age of 5 he was constantly molested by his father. His father died when he was 5 and his mother didn’t want any of her kids so she sent them to an orphanage. This is where the real torment started he was beaten every day, molested, forced to masturbate in front of others. That’s level of abuse is something that many people never

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