A Term Paper On Jeffrey Dahmer

On January 30, 1992, Jeffrey Dahmer was indicted on fifteen murder charges and his trial began. Even though the evidence against him was overwhelming, Jeffrey pleaded insanity as his defense due to the nature of his incredibly disturbing and uncontrollable impulses. Two weeks later, the court declared him sane and guilty on fifteen counts of murder. He was sentenced to fifteen life terms, for a total of nine hundred fifty-seven years in prison. In May of 1992, he entered a guilty plea for the murder of Steven Hicks, and received an additional life sentence. He served his time at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin.

For the first year of his sentence, Jeffrey Dahmer was placed in solitary confinement because of the concerns

He later requested to be given a copy of the Bible. He was granted his request and Jeffrey gradually devoted himself to Christianity and became a born again Christian. He also read books from the Institute for Creation Research, requested by his father. In May of 1994, Dahmer was baptized in the prison whirlpool. Following his baptism, a priest would visit Jeffrey on a weekly basis up until November of the same year. They regularly discussed the prospect of death, and questioned whether Jeffrey was sinning against God by continuing to live. He was ready for his final judgment.

Jeffrey Dahmer refused offers of protective custody despite the many threats against his life. On July 3rd 1994, a fellow inmate, Osvaldo Durruthy, attempted to slash Dahmer's throat with a razor embedded in a toothbrush in the prison chapel (Serial Killer News). Jeffrey received minor wounds and scratches but was not seriously injured. His father and stepmother an mother had regular contact with Jeffrey. They expressed their concerns for his physical well-being on weekly phone calls. He would brush off their worries and tell them he doesn’t care if he dies in prison