Jeffrey Dahmer Trial Essay

Jeffrey Dahmer’s trial began after he pleaded guilty to 15 counts of murder. Dahmer pleading guilty meant he did not have to have an initial trial to establish guilt, but instead he had a trial to determine if he was insane. This trial took place in the Wisconsin Circuit Court and lasted a total of two weeks. The defense was claiming that because of Jeffrey Dahmer’s mental instability he could not help himself when it came to his impulses. The prosecution argued that even if he was insane, that his insanity did not affect his decisions to murder people. The case ended with Dahmer being ruled as sane and not having any mental disorder when he committed each of the 15 murders. Because of Jeffrey Dahmer pleading guilty to 15 counts of murder, he was guilty. There was no need for any proof of the murder
The prosecution argued that he did not suffer from necrophilia because he just wanted sexual partners that did not resist, dead or alive. They also described Jeffery Dahmer as a very cunning individual and that if he was insane he would not have had the ability to do all of the things he did. The prosecution also asserted that Dahmer was aware that all of the acts he committed were evil, but that he just chose to commit them anyway. If the prosecution would not have shown these simple facts then the outcome of this case could have been very different. Outside of the defense and the prosecution, there were two mental health professionals who testified. The first to testify proclaimed that Jeffery Dahmer killed men because he was homosexual. Jeffery Dahmer wanted to kill the source of his homosexual attraction because he felt like he was killing what he hated, which was a part of him. This testimony would show that Jeffery Dahmer was sane but that he did suffer from a personality disorder. The second testimony would prove the same idea but in a different