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After pleading guilty to his charges on January 13, 1992, a two-week trial took place to determine whether Jeffrey Dahmer suffered from a mental or personality disorder resulting in obsessions and impulses he was unable to control.

On February 15, the verdict was delivered, as reported by the New York Daily News:

“MILWAUKEE – Jeffrey Dahmer was sane when he killed and dismembered 15 men and boys in a horrifying quest for sexual gratification, a jury ruled yesterday.”

Ten of the twelve jurors believed that Dahmer “could have controlled himself”. District Attorney E. Michael McCann summarised:

“Dahmer knew at all times that what he was doing was wrong… This is not the case of a psychotic man.”

The verdict meant that Dahmer would be given a life sentence for each of the fifteen murders. Two days later, Dahmer was sentenced to a minimum 936 years in prison. The New York Post wrote:

“MILWAUKEE (AP) – Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to life in prison without parole yesterday after telling a judge; ‘I take all the blame for what I did.’”

On the sentence, it continued:

“By sentencing Dahmer to 15 consecutive life terms, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Laurence Gram effectively made it impossible for him to ever be eligible for parole.”

One of Dahmer’s court appearances

“That’s correct your honor”

“Has anyone made any threats against you to get you to wave the 10 day limit?”

“No they didn’t your honor”

“Has anyone promised you anything to get you to wave the 10 limit?”

“No they didn’t”

“Have you had enough time to talk to your lawyers about that?”

“Yes”