After Jeffrey Dahmer confessed to murdering 16 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, many called for the serial killer to be sent to the electric chair. Instead, he was sentenced to 16 life terms in prison, equivalent to 957 years behind bars.
Making a statement following a trial that determined Dahmer was sane when he committed the murders, Dahmer told the court: "I know society will never be able to forgive me. I take all the blame for what I did.
"This has never been a case of trying to get free, I didn't ever want freedom. Frankly, I wanted death for myself."
