Case file · Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Wisconsin, United States

Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer: charges, verdict and sentence

State of Wisconsin

Jeffrey L. Dahmer

Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Wisconsin, United States · 1991 to 1994

Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee in July 1991 and pleaded guilty but insane to 15 counts of murder. A jury found him sane on each count in February 1992 and he was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms. He was killed by another inmate at Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin, on 28 November 1994.

Where it stands nowDahmer died in custody on 28 November 1994 after an assault by another inmate, who was later given additional life terms.

Charges and outcomes

Charge	Outcome	Date
Murder, 15 counts (Milwaukee County)^1,2	Convicted	15 February 1992

Sentence

15 consecutive life terms imposed on 17 February 1992.

Court record, stage by stage

22 July 1991
arrestArrested in Milwaukee³
1992
trialEntered pleas of guilty but insane to 15 murder counts, leaving the jury to decide only his mental responsibility¹
Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Judge Laurence C. Gram Jr.
15 February 1992
verdictJury found him sane on each of the 15 counts, by a 10 to 2 vote on each count^1,2
Milwaukee County Circuit Court
17 February 1992
sentenceSentenced to 15 consecutive life terms²
Milwaukee County Circuit Court
28 November 1994
deathKilled by another inmate at Columbia Correctional Institution, Portage, Wisconsin^2,3

Sources

UPI, Jury finds Dahmer sane (15 February 1992)
CBS News, On this day, February 17th, 1992: Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer sentenced
HISTORY.com, Jeffrey Dahmer murdered in prison

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