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How many years was Jeffrey Dahmer sentenced? How many years did Jeffrey Dahmer spend at Columbia Correctional Institution?

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Jeffrey Dahmer is one of America’s most famous serial killers, notorious for his years-long horrific killing spree that spanned from 1978 to 1991.

Many of his later murders involved necrophilia, cannibalism, and the permanent preservation of body parts (typically all or part of the skeleton).

The mass murderer preyed mainly on Black, Asian, and Latino men and boys.

At the time of his arrest, Dahmer had killed 17 men, leaving a wake of destruction in his path. But this wasn’t the only run-in Dahmer had with the law.

How many years was Jeffrey Dahmer sentenced?

He was convicted of fifteen of the sixteen homicides he had committed in Wisconsin and was sentenced to fifteen terms of life imprisonment on February 17, 1992. Dahmer was later sentenced to a sixteenth term of life imprisonment for an additional homicide committed in Ohio in 1978

How many years did Jeffrey Dahmer spend at Columbia Correctional Institution?

According to multiple reports, Jeffrey Dahmer died in the Columbia Correctional Facility on November 28, 1994. At the time, he had served just over two years.

Source: Ghanafuo.com