Editing Jeffrey Dahmer (section)

=== Trial, imprisonment, and death ===
[[File:Jeffrey Dahmer on trial.jpg|alt=Jeffrey Dahmer in 1991 at the Milwaukee County Circuit Court.|left|thumb|295x295px|Jeffrey Dahmer in 1991 at the Milwaukee County Circuit Court.]]
Dahmer was indicted on 17 murder charges, later reduced to 15. Dahmer was not charged in the attempted murder of Edwards. His trial began on January 30<sup>th</sup>, 1992. With evidence overwhelmingly against him, Dahmer pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The trial lasted two weeks.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/11/us/dahmer-pleads-not-guilty-to-charges-of-killing-15.html Dahmer Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Killing 15], ''The New York Times''</ref>

The court found Dahmer sane and guilty on 15 counts of murder and sentenced him to 15 life terms, totaling 957 years in prison, which was the maximum penalty available as Wisconsin abolished capital punishment in 1853.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/02/18/dahmer-is-sentenced-to-15-life-terms/1c3c3176-2199-4393-84b5-5a6723c5360e/ Dahmer is sentenced to 15 life terms], ''The Washington Post''</ref> At his sentencing hearing, Dahmer expressed remorse for his actions and said that he wished for his own death. In May of that year, Dahmer was extradited to Ohio, where he entered a plea of guilty for the murder of his first victim, Stephen Hicks.

Dahmer served his time at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin, where he ultimately claimed a born-again Christian. Roy Ratcliff, a local preacher from the Churches of Christ, met with Dahmer and agreed to baptize him.<ref name = Christian>[https://christianchronicle.org/did-jailhouse-religion-save-jeffrey-dahmer/ Did ‘jailhouse religion’ save Jeffrey Dahmer?], ''The Christian Chronicle''</ref>

Dahmer was attacked twice in prison, the first time in July 1994. An inmate attempted to slash Dahmer's throat with a razor blade while Dahmer was returning to his cell from a church service in the prison chapel. Dahmer escaped the incident with superficial wounds. While doing janitorial work in the prison gym, Dahmer and another inmate, [[Jesse Anderson]], were severely beaten by fellow inmate [[Christopher Scarver]] with a broomstick handle on November 28<sup>th</sup>, 1994. Dahmer died of severe head trauma while on his way to the hospital in an ambulance. Anderson died two days later from his wounds.<ref name = killed>[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jeffrey-dahmer-murdered-in-prison Jeffrey Dahmer murdered in prison], ''History Channel''</ref>

Coming forward to speak for the first time in 21 years, in 2015 Scarver gave an interview to why he killed Dahmer. According to him Dahmer's attempts at remorse were all for show, and in reality, he enjoyed terrifying the other prisoners. He had a habit of arranging his food so it resembled body parts, then drowning it in ketchup to resemble blood while reminiscing about his victims. Such acts apparently even frightened the guards.