WI v. Jeffrey Dahmer: Prosecution Opening Statement (1992)

[@CourtTV]

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[@ambre6490]

Thanks. The quality is great.

[@kimberlynance2711]

Idk care what anyone says. For a person to do what Dahmer did has to be mentally ill. Sad he didn’t have parents and family that recognized his issues from a young age. I’ve seen interviews of his father and he was one step above his son. To bad his parents and family didn’t get their heads out of the sand - he needed help and there wasn’t anyone to make him get it.

[@joeygarcia6783]

Cool video

[@petevaldezbc1]

Where's the cross examination of Tracy Edwards?

[@stevensonjc21]

Those cops deserve to lose their job because THEY DIDNT EVEN RUN DAHMERS NAME.They gave a unresponsive naked young looking boy with no ID back to him without even running his name or taking him to the hospital. One running of Dahmers name would’ve brought up the fact that he was a CONVICTED sex offender and that would’ve been it. This pisses me off so much. So many people failed the community

[@mackcappel844]

Great point, however I thought with his first case the judge decided he didn’t have to file as a sex offender ?

[@pliit2101]

Lol tht was funny imo

[@stevensonjc21]

@@pliit2101 funny? A kid lost his life . Don’t be a jerk

[@stevensonjc21]

@@mackcappel844 maybe not registered but convicted for sure

[@Sheabuttahbaby]

The kid was also bleeding

[@charmaineblake5020]

This prosecutor kept the closing argument respectful, stuck to the facts, connected the dots, and didn't dramatize anything.

[@Girl-101]

Sometimes dramatization in the court with cases like this, can cause more of an impact, I think that because it was obvious that Jeff was getting a guilty, then the prosecutor didn’t need to act the words he was saying, out loud, but I love a dramatic prosecutors statement & especially as someone as heinous as Dahmer, it hits more emotionally.

[@claudettes9697]

Watch the Chandler halderson trial opening. That prosecutor was brilliant.

[@elizabethanna]

This is certainly a hard working prosecutor. The families were blessed to have him in their corner.

[@tuckewhite111]

Pity police 🚔 were crap though !? It didn't take perry maso to prosecute this, E 💯 tho he delivered !

[@MegaWumba]

True but this case was a slam dunk

[@Girl-101]

@@tuckewhite111 Exactly! Also if Tracy Edwards hadn’t have had cuffs on then I bet the police wouldn’t have taken him seriously either! 😱🤬

[@stevensonjc21]

Totally

[@Tristan_Reacts]

It wasn’t a traditional case. A guilt or innocence case. Jeffrey never claimed his innocence. He wanted the facts to be known.

[@malonislaw]

That was an awesome opening statement. They don’t make lawyers like they used to.

[@Thelavendel]

it was weird. You can tell he has jerked off to gay porn himself-

[@Calbear707trees]

This is awesome they’re playing old court cases. CourtTV rocks

[@RochellB46]

Right 👏🏾👏🏾 I’m obsessed with trials and it great to see one that happened when I was a baby

[@SOLONANS72]

Im almost 50 n i remember whn this hapnd.. Always wanted 2 see! Thnks COURTV

[@xeno4746]

@@SOLONANS72 Me too. I am 62. What I found so scary were Jeffrey's interviews. He told everything very calmly and he seemed "so normal".

[@Psycho_Logical_631]

15:48 💀

[@narlywaves2371]

This is not entertainment...

[@SenshinDk]

It's called rape, not sex, FFS!

[@robinc6288]

Yeah it's so annoying when they say that in court. I've seen one court case of a paedophile/murderer and they kept saying sex.

[@lovely_fanta]

Thank you! I said the same thing

[@Spencer900]

@@robinc6288 I'm not sure about the rape/ sex thing but I know you can't say something is murder in court if your actively trying to convict them of murder. I believe that's because murder is a legal term

[@drdreel5559]

Rape is a legally defined term. In a courtroom it should not be used unless someone is charged with or has been convicted of rape.

[@hoss-lk4bg]

tha fruits have different terminology

[@sherleengibson8847]

The man that did the opening statement for the prosecution was AMAZING ‼️💯❤️🤗

[@njux07]

This is by far the most disturbing and unusual case: it’s actually very rare prosecute a serial killer since they like to go out with a bang. The whole thing was sad and strange. To the victims families, stay strong.

[@MegaWumba]

That’s mass murderers you’re thinking about serial killers are a lot different

[@vettr.7460]

That is one of the sickest and dumbest things I have ever heard that police officers did not investigate this sicko more after running into a naked incoherent child on the street. Why was it just okay for him to have naked pictures of a 14yr old laying around and the police think that's normal behavior? How?? I really don't get any of this. That's crazy

[@youawake6961]

They were literally homophobic : scared of gays. The recording of his neighbor basically confirmed that.. these cops are cowards

[@PaulRodriguez9]

They didnt know his actual age. Dahmer was pretty convincing to them. Yes, they could've done a little better investigative job, but they didnt. It's too late and it's very unfortunate. His spree could've ended that night

[@Aroundthefire77]

The police didn’t want to get involved with “gay men” so when he said that plus you have a black woman, her daughter and niece pushing them they gave up and didn’t want to be involved.

[@stevensonjc21]

@@Aroundthefire77 pushing them? Is that what they were doing? And here I thought they were attempting to save a life. Interesting choice of words

[@techniqv4918]

@@PaulRodriguez9 Little better? They didn't do the bare minimum lol.

[@kimmyfreak200]

ugh why do they refer to the victim as an asian man... a 14 year old is a kid

[@sakhu8945]

Whites look at black kids as adults as well.

[@mackcappel844]

And look at us in 2022, our media , most politicians, many tv shows is all about race! Gotta whip up the race wars, good distraction for people when the power loot us blind!

[@revekat2053]

@@sakhu8945 yep. when my 18 year old black nephew was shot by the police the news referred to him as a man but a white 19 year old as a teen. SMH.

[@hannah3146]

@@revekat2053 so sorry this hurts my heart bless you

[@Foxfire8787]

I think he just mispoke since most of the victims were adults. He calls him boy and lad at other times

[@girlcrazy3040]

Blame the cops they had so many chances to get him

[@BigdawgTripleOG]

If he was black they would’ve ( if you know what i mean )

[@sakhu8945]

They may feel the way he does.

[@frightfright3843]

I blame the doctor prescribing him pills after pills. Drs should have looked into his background a little more. Without the pills, he wouldn’t have been capable of all this.

[@deekid311]

When mentioning the lack of sexual assault in Miami and Dahmer's stint in the army.. "there was no sexual assault"... ..that you know of.. 👀

[@Noelia1582]

I thought the same. I think we only know the victims he chose to confess, I think there are more

[@shazhamilton5160]

There were two he sexually assaulted in the army there's a interview from them on youtube he raped them both numerous times

[@barrettpolychronis2833]

I like how the prosecutor stated how he did not want to repeat the name of dahmers sleeping drug and then totally let's it slip out of his mouth when he read a police report

[@mattyo5022]

Yeah you noticed that too right? Lol. I mean I can understand though. The guy would've had to read it like 100 times if he wasn't making a conscious effort to not say it. So 1 slip out of 100 I give the guy a mulligan for lol. Besides I'm sure back then everyone knew the drug. I think he just didn't want the "copycat" effect to happen by publicizing it.

[@dannybans23]

@@mattyo5022 What's the name of the drug?

[@mattyo5022]

@@dannybans23 I believe it was called halcion. It was an old school benzo that got taken off the market I believe. It's much like modern day Valium or Xanax for anxiety and insomnia.

[@alisonmcveigh3571]

Yes I noticed that.

[@Girl-101]

@@mattyo5022 Omg Karla Holmolka used Halcion with Paul Bernardo, they drugged people with it and killed them also, Holmolka would steal it from the vets surgery, where she worked. I hope this drug is now so difficult to obtain now..too many bad people are clearly getting their hands on it..

[@citizendame6329]

Thank you so much for sharing the whole trial ♡

[@petevaldezbc1]

It's not the full trial. The prosecution's cross examination of Tracy Edwards is missing

[@TheGOATtv-1680]

How do they know that there were no sexual assaults , or murders in Miami???? 😔 They wouldn't have cared to know about ANYTHING if that one victim hadn't gotten away smmfh!

[@stevensonjc21]

Right! They weren’t even connecting the dots of multiple men from Club 219 were being witnessed getting into cabs or busses with this white male and never being seen again. One canvass of the gay clubs would have yielded so much information that it’s clear they did not do it. They didn’t care about those gay men. Especially cause so many of them were gay BLACK men. Yup, I said it. Where’s the lie? Dahmer had been accused of drugging a guy who testified at trial that immediately after getting out of the hospital he went to the police station and told them where Dahmer lived. He was drugged then put on a bud where someone noticed his drugged state and bought him to the hospital. He was robbed of cash and jewelry . So many men go missing from club 219 and here they have a guy who is drugging people from that club and you investigators don’t take him in for questioning? They weren’t looking for those men, they didn’t care for those men. They had blinkers on to anyone who tried to warn them about Dahmer cause he was a white man amongst lower income blacks. So clearly THEY we’re the problem. My blood boils every time I think about it.

[@EternandaFudge.]

I think they are trying him on the stuff they have evidence for. There were a few assaults while he was in the military but they aren’t charging him for that

[@randallleonard4344]

Damn! After hearing about all that : killing, dismembering, body parts, cannibalism, the prosecutor asks " are you ready for lunch?"

[@melh8179]

Lol

[@beautybev]

I’d have turned vegan at that point!

[@christianwatson2898]

He wasn't insane...very smart guy ....just pure evil

[@Klissaura]

ExAct he just plays innocent

[@HollyB-b3t]

He was a Moron too

[@JLD1960]

nit crazy not a moron hes a gufted talented iver smart young man give credit to where credit is due ❤

[@HollyB-b3t]

@@JLD1960 well a tunk he a moron buh ya neva kno

[@ditasmama]

yeah he KNEW how to manipulate people

[@InvisibleVicky]

His mother was drugged up with so many different drugs during pregnancy. She then went into neglect him. There was no love. Just screaming and shouting. Jeff WAS abused

[@shazhamilton5160]

A lot of people go throw much worse and don't do what he did.

[@8luvbug]

He wasn't abused. Stop trying to make his upbringing seem worse than what it was

[@InvisibleVicky]

@@8luvbug and you know this how?

[@8luvbug]

@@InvisibleVicky Cause that was never mentioned. Jeffrey said his upbringing was pretty good. Jeffrey's mom became severely ill with seizures when she was pregnant with him. She took what her DOCTOR prescribed her in the 60S. Jeffrey said she was a comforting mom when she could be, he actually felt bad for his mom because she was unwell. Too bad y'all only take what her spiteful ex husband had to say about her.

[@helenavandaantonio4043]

He was a personified Demon

[@Tom-V]

Glad to see more of this trial uploaded on here!

[@tmcurly]

WOW!!! This man could have been stopped earlier on in his game. They kept releasing him from jail and he continued to prey on people. They allowed all this :( Did this doctor not know about his convictions ?? I bet it was barbiturates back then. Pill prescribing doctor was completely negligent.

[@petevaldezbc1]

It was halcyon

[@Psycho_Logical_631]

Woulda coulda shoulda.....It's easy to say what could have happened differently when you look at it from hindsight, but that's not how life works is it

[@Foxfire8787]

@@Psycho_Logical_631 Oh please. This man fondled a minor and they just release him after 10 months?! That's terrible judgment on the judges part.

[@TIGRESSA73]

I know! That's the same thing I said. The victims should sue the police dept

[@cococolachretin1232]

They should be arrested

[@droppedthekidsoffatthepool3257]

That lawyer must be exhausted remembering and saying all that!!

[@sweeterthanlemon]

he loves what he do. thats his job

[@MajesticGreen23]

When your passionate about your profession. The more information and facts you have. The more you want to talk lol

[@stephaniemurria5534]

It's called practice. 😊

[@Timmyjl25]

That Netflix mini series was off the chain👏🏾👏🏾. Felt bad for the guy that was deaf

[@nicolasrose3064]

Some of those young men died because of the ignorant arrogance and utterly atrocious negligence shown by the Police in their dealing with Dahmer in relation to the young Thai Boy. Seriously, the attitude with which the Police addressed the incident was indicative of the prevailing social stigma aimed at people whose proclivities were deemed "unacceptable" to their sensibilities.

[@a.b.d.3974]

I hope those jurors got some kind of PTSD counseling

[@hoss-lk4bg]

lol

[@ronettacooley4610]

They knew their son needed help they just be in denial until it’s too late. They always think it’s about their$$$ & living da good life, They was more focus on their materialistic living. Instead of their dysfunctional evil insane weird son.

[@andrewthomas2859]

That’s not true

[@davidfitzgerald5206]

Ty 4 this upload! Never seen this portion of the trial. You rock 👍

[@narlywaves2371]

This is not entertainment.

[@NoName-gv1sg]

@@narlywaves2371 ppl have no empathy. They love themselves

[@AlisonBryen]

@@narlywaves2371 but it is incredibly interesting...

[@sarahkrystal6989]

Geeze, I wonder how much he got away with in those 3 years. In the army. I bet he did.

[@nozibeleqezu1358]

He molested a few guys some of them an interview recently they old men now they still not ok because of that

[@nancyjones6780]

Oh the irony of his first victim dying from a hit by a barbell and Mr Dahmer would experience the exact same fate a few years after sentencing. So great!

[@cyndival24]

Full circle moment

[@Girlilla]

Dhamer was sorry for what he did and he repented. He was baptised in order to wash his sins away. At that point he was born again and devoid of sin. Technically, in the eyes of the Lord, he was murdered as an innocent man. Just like thr criminal crucified next to Jesus pbuh.

[@TheLovepink771]

@@Girlilla this is a horrible take 💘!

[@cheezi1141]

@@Girlilla are u really siding with a serial killer who drugged, raped and ate 17 boys? yet u preach jesus' name? 💀

[@mclovinlife4018]

@@Girlilla that’s not how it works and it’s definitely a huge problem with your religion. You don’t just get to take a bath and say praise Jesus and you’re innocent of the rape, murder, necrophilia, cannibalism, mutilation of 20 people.

[@intriguingmind9435]

This prosecutor nailed dahmer to the wall there was no excuse for his filthy actions!!!!!

[@juliaroslan12245]

💯 Agreed.

[@turmoil3161]

One HUGE standout from this old case is the Attorneys, how refreshing to watch and listen to someone doing his job…..compared to televised cases today where the Attorney’s are all so up themselves and using their cases as their 5 minutes of fame and trying to put on a show…..well IMO

[@mackcappel844]

Casey Anthony comes to mind, her lawyers was an absolute media whore

[@kimberleytaylor4475]

Well this is cool,I never thought I would see this trial,thanks Court tv👍😍

[@hoss-lk4bg]

be glad you were not alive when this happened hun

[@zer0sixx]

i LOVE that you loading up old court cases! should get more of the old ones!

[@sunflowerb5260]

He was arrested on Sept 27 1988 , today is Sept 27 2022 and I am randomly watching this trial

[@mila1012]

Omg 😳

[@ygkt1339]

Me too lol

[@tasha1357]

Same

[@victoriak.2707]

Omg

[@kellytan1188]

Me too

[@THEOCAMARO2010]

It’s like his father said. It’s somewhere in there bloodline. Someone in there family was in something dark and sinister. Believe it or not generational strongholds are real.

[@ronniewashington9177]

Wow his father said that… where did you hear this?

[@Timmyjl25]

Interview is on KZbin

[@juliana2130]

I believe that too

[@ciciearthangel2973]

And you can always break them you don’t have to be like your Ancestors You can change anything that’s not true

[@elijahsesi4755]

I'm from somewhere where tribal fight is common and my family has been responsible for a lot of atrocious things. I can say OP comment is true, there are inclinations to do certain things society frown upon moreso than other people. I'm a Christian because its the only thing that helps me live a good and healthy life.

[@meccamitchell6481]

It's crazy how many didn't even think about him anymore until this Netflix series came out.

[@NevadaTan7]

There have been released several movies and documentaries before Netflix's series

[@meccamitchell6481]

@@NevadaTan7 I know, ppl just seem to become obsessed with him after the series

[@myownpath1046]

I did for many years.

[@JLD1960]

that movie should never have been made all was quite about jeffrey until that discusting movie jeffrey deserves so much mire understanding that he ever got he is not evil or any ither bad stuff people says about him. jeffrey is a kind loving giving understanding people who donit knuw him personally need to keep rheir comments to rhemselves. how can you actually comment on a person when you dont know him personally"?

[@errolsmith6]

It’s a good thing to forget about him 🙄

[@andrebrooks4891]

All the times he went to get help, he didn't want the help. These deaths could have been prevented. Prayers for these families and surviving victims.

[@AuraasMm2]

The judge in the back waiting n itching to give that 937 years 😂💯!!

[@almasakic1148]

I noticed he frowned after introducing the defense lol.

[@nadinekeating3255]

It's so funny how much trials have changed since that time. I think today, the name of the drugs he used on his victims would have been said. But, he was worried that if he said the name of it, someone might get the idea to use it to also drug people. But now, with everyone having access to the internet and any bit of information they could ever want to know.... there's no point to withhold the name of a drug that can be used in this particular way.

[@Cazzclark]

He did slip the name of the drug out, possibly by accident but when he is talking about Flowers - he said the name of the drug.

[@adrianwilkinson1031]

The police should have been tried for being an accomplice in the murder of that young boy they basically gave jeffery the boy and said here you go sir carry on!!

[@EB-gt1pq]

Did the precious 14 year-old boy’s family sue the police? I sure hope so. So incredibly sad

[@Foxfire8787]

Yes they got nearly 1 million

[@kimgow7671]

Yes, and he was on probation for raping their other child, then their 14yr old got away and handed back to this monster. I feel horrible for that family

[@5160Jazzo]

$800,000 nearly not enough. All parties involved needs compensation from the mental anguish that they went through IMO especially those ladies that tried saving the 14yr old

[@lovelygirl8315]

Money, always money, as if that changes anything

[@BushidoVXX]

@@lovelygirl8315What else would you suggest? Can’t obviously compensate, but it can make things a lot better.

[@Stand4Liberty]

If Dexter Morgan was around Jeffrey Dahmer would have ended up on Dexter's table.?

[@checkthecommentsection9048]

Dexter is amazing!! Can't stand those who murder innocents and say it was because of watching dexter. If you truly love dexter you will take out the peados, rapists etc for real 💯

[@chumchum4393]

Wow. That’s all I can say. What a monster.

[@jenniferroper6950]

That Netflix series was the perfect title for him. He sure was a "monster", just so sad 😞

[@l.r5770]

Imagine being the defense attorney. What could you do or say? Dahmer refuses to say he's going insane so what do you defend?

[@christiancastro7516]

He did plea insanity the jury deemed him sound of mind

[@meccamitchell6481]

Ikr

[@EdithTorres-2210]

He actually said he was sick 😅

[@blueapplessss]

prosecutor did a great job

[@hoss-lk4bg]

an 8 year old could have prosecuted this lol u softball

[@Iktius]

Slam dunk case

[@TexasMan77]

@@hoss-lk4bgit’s worth mentioning, the OJ case was a slam dunk and they screwed that royally and he got off.

[@frightfright3843]

Why didn’t the Dr wonder why the hell he needed so many pills so fast?! He got a prescription on December 17th and then the 21st again? I swear these drs as terrible, they don’t even care. Here, take more pills, make me money.

[@simplelifedays3692]

Everybody a Dahmer expert all of a sudden. 😂🤣😂

[@priya-wt4sr]

Fan also

[@zhaie.414]

Thanks for uploading. Just got subscribed. Hope to see more.

[@zorahsky]

He was in complete control of everything he did. These insanity pleas are ridiculous unless the person is severely schizophrenic.

[@tiffany4809]

I disagree. Although history has never witnessed this kind of crime, he absolutely exudes insanity. If you were to blindly see how he would eat humans, go to work, have experimental etc, that is insane. We are not talking about a husband walking in on a cheating wife and killing the man due to a short period of insanity

[@scarlettmasin1204]

He didn’t want the insanity plea, it was his lawyer and dad’s idea.

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

He knew what he was doing was wrong for sure but cutting up human bodies having sex with corpses and with organs is totally insane to me. To think what those hands did and the things his eyes saw is just so creepy

[@barbarapearce9738]

His doctor has something to answer to, who gives sedating drug prescriptions to an alcoholic for years and years without question.

[@christianwatson2898]

Totally agree

[@Foxfire8787]

You think he knew he was alcoholic?

[@DavidWilliams-so2dy]

Ikr. It’s so easy to spot those pesky alcoholics.🤡🙄

[@frightfright3843]

Exactly. I blame the doctor 100% they didn’t look into his back ground at all! The doctor was prescribing way too many prescriptions also. It’s just all about money, they don’t care.

[@meccamitchell6481]

I was thinking the same thing

[@Mofriese]

I find it a little creepy how the prosecutor speaks about his own sexual struggles

[@chuc5o]

The day he decided to pick up that dumb bell and strike Steven he threw his Life away!

[@meccamitchell6481]

Didn't he already have life in prison ?

[@CM-ri8qf]

No. Steven Hicks was his first victim and crime at the age of 18. His crimes you are thinking of are all after Steven Hicks.

[@angier4560]

Who’s grand idea, was it to put food commercials for this video 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@MaryBruff]

Anyone else notice the judge nodding off?! How do you fall asleep during this!

[@hoss-lk4bg]

alcohol and loneliness took its toll on this particular judge his last 2 decades rip sir

[@sierrabuzz]

Damn the Netflix casting and costuming was SPOT ON for lionel dahmer!!

[@meccamitchell6481]

Minus the haircut, but he did look like him

[@thetruthfromthefuture]

The father and the actor look pretty darn close. What do you mean? ​@@meccamitchell6481

[@sara31773]

Very strong resemblance with the dad and the prosecutor.

[@jonathandoe2316]

Ha I never noticed they could be from the same family.

[@sara31773]

@@jonathandoe2316 lol yeah maybe.

[@alieubah8865]

Very true. I was like isn't this Jeff's dad hahaha

[@heatherwhite5191]

Didn't even notice until you pointed it out but you're so right. Well caught lol

[@TM11..]

I thought the same..

[@bettywhite6672]

Why were these not uploaded into the playlist in order 🙄

[@cherieedwards7546]

I love me prosecutors opening statements excellent prosecutor

[@canileaveitblank1476]

Your picture looks like you would make a fierce prosecutor!

[@c.2538]

Jeff Dahmer is like a sad Frankenstein

[@josephruiz7233]

Nothing "sad" about that Evil POS.

[@guendaboa4831]

with a Little bit difference Jeff was a really gorgeous man ...❤️

[@adriannedelacy2100]

The judge looks bored.

[@mariarojas2350]

He's old and tired 🫠

[@judeeeeeekk]

No lol

[@GojiBoy54]

Jeffrey looked more bored

[@Curious-Irish-Angel]

The premiere for part of this trial is today. Why not make a playlist here on your YT channel at this point so we don't have to hunt all over for what's avil on Dahmer's case log. When I went to the link I have to agree to "tracking cookies" and the videos are small with a bunch of ad's 😕

[@kaylewiseman7567]

so cool we can go back in time and see the ins and outs

[@James-lu4hb]

Man this is sick and twisted 😩

[@amberanderson528]

He took a sick day off work. yea he's sick alright.

[@Lizzyjaeger]

Thank you for clearing up the specifics of anal sex, and also, that you do not have to be homosexual to drug someone for sex.

[@diamondlucas5973]

Huh. Your homosexual if you're a man having sex with another male, regardless if their drugged or not. Maybe I'm not understanding your statement 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@boydreams3]

@@diamondlucas5973 I think OP meant that homosexuals are not the only people who drug other people for sex, heterosexuals do it too, such as men drugging women for sex

[@jenb6910]

​@diamondlucas5973 I'm guessing they needed to elaborate because (not sure your age or if you remember) homophobia was way more mainstream I'm the early 90's. Being gay is no big deal now. Back then, it was necessary to explain to people that drugging and being gay do not go hand in hand. I know it's crazy right?

[@robinc6288]

He contadicts himself very early on by saying this wasn't about dead bodies and that was a second option if he didn't get what he wants. He then says that the first guy Dahmer killed that he didn't even ask for sex so wasn't turned down. In my opinion this was ALL about the dead bodies. The guy was clearly obsessed with that and a full blown necrophiliac. He even said that he didn't enjoy the actual killing and didn't want them to suffer although later on he obviously didn't care by trying to keep them alive and they suffered badly. Early on though he did make it quick or drugged them before killing them. I'm not saying anything in his defence, just that the prosecution contradicted himself. I also don't think Dahmer was legally insane because he was able to hide his crimes, knew right from wrong and able to work a job. An insane person (in the eyes of the law) doesn't hide their crime because they don't think they did anything wrong. He's clearly got mental issues up the wazoo but insane to the point you won't be held responsible for your crimes clearly not.

[@jeromegarcia5396]

I caught that contradiction too, you can tell he was laying it on thick for the first case outside his jurisdiction, so no real personal knowledge and in doing so revealed the heart of the case, his desire for dead body sex... This wasn't about sex like all people, this was obviously different do to the obvious trial because his acts... I also question the occult timing in the claim, they say that came later... Lol umm well he showed signs at day one as well... I always question prosecution because they want the story to be the most felt in everyway by adding explosion and fire to probably a very basic situation... But ole boy was definitely a predator day one because he didn't ask, he just did... So yeah this introduction is the nicest I've even heard someone explain a serial killer, after this I picture Dahmer with pigtails and shy, not the land demon he truly was... Gesh

[@PatriotGamesROCKS]

These hearings weren't about dead bodies. He pled guilty. It was about his competence to be given the death penalty.

[@david-lm7iu]

@@PatriotGamesROCKS Wisconsin does not have the death penalty, this was about weather he should be sent to a medical hospital or jail.

[@shipcommanderlol6577]

Robin you got it wrong. First victim started talking about girls then Jeff realized victim wasn't homosexual and killed him in order to have sex with him. He only killed men who he found to be sexually attractive. I think Ted Bundy and Jeff are the same; both sex addicts who wanted a shortcut and instant sex pleasure that's why they killed people they found to be attractive and then had sex with dead corpses of victims. Ted killed young attractive women and Jeff killed young attractive men. Ted blamed it on porn and violent detective magazines and Jeff even said he viewed people only as a object of pleasure, he wanted total control of a person and didn't want to worry about their wishes.

[@samfisher2306]

@@shipcommanderlol6577 correct assessment!

[@olgatrilogymartin3143]

I think he was calculating and mad obsessed with power and control to satisfy one's self

[@ladyboomer1765]

I have a family member who took that prescription who was a school bus driver. They said they had hallucinations and had to pull over while driving the bus because they didn't know where they were . It was over prescribed and is no longer available.

[@petevaldezbc1]

Halcion is still available by prescription

[@michelleallred8521]

It sounds to me like his dr prescribing all these pills needed to be addressed as well. 30 pills is a months supply, bc most sleep aids are one per day. How in the world did he ever get his prescription filled 17 times in thst short of a time

[@hilodrvr]

Easy back then they didn’t have everything they have now no Casper to look up they didn’t have computer like they do now you could go to different doctors n different pharmacies you can’t do that now

[@RM-ee9ek]

It is weird that the prosecutor has the same kind of glasses as Dahmer did

[@CM-ri8qf]

No. There was a style back then. And I'm guessing that, at that time, there wasn't much of a variety to pick from. You take what you can get.

[@poisonivyheart6621]

Is it serendipitous that he got dragged to his righful place in HELL the very way he took the innocent life of his first victim.. Or was it a spiritual case of the universe speaking into karma. Side note: He mentioned the drug name.

[@desordenpublico]

But wasn’t he beaten to death by his cellmate…the irony in it🫢

[@poisonivyheart6621]

@@desordenpublico yeah indeed.. it was another inmate while they were doing some in-house work, he beat him to death.

[@terrencegriffin3013]

A sick sick person It's hard for me to stomach what he did I was a jr in highschool when I heard about him

[@PatriotGamesROCKS]

This wasn't his trial, he pled guilty. This was the set of hearings to decide if he was competent so they could give him the death penalty. It lasted as long as some trials do, but it wasn't a trial.

[@familycs2243]

No death penalty in the state of wisconsin

[@80sForever29]

Actually It was to decide If he was legally sane to be sent to prison or to a mental institution.

[@petevaldezbc1]

Not quite...it was a trial to determine sanity (responsibility)...he confessed to the murders, this is to determine if he was in the right state of mind, whether he'd serve his sentence in prison or in a mental facility

[@nickm8810]

He basically got the death penalty he got his head caved in

[@dewilew2137]

WRONG

[@lizbraze3268]

This is neat that they are plying old court cases

[@nadiah.9119]

I don’t know how those women are so comfortable sitting next to him there’s no way I would be able to sit next to the devil he really got what he deserved when he went to prison!

[@fridagylterud9491]

This is court, what do you want them to do? Scream in fear? The one woman is his attorney and simply has no other choice than to stay calm, because it’s her job. It’s their job. Besides, in no way can he cause any harm in that setting. And if you don’t remember, he didn’t like women.

[@nadiah.9119]

@@fridagylterud9491 I get it, it’s their job I’m just speaking on how I would feel. Just to make a point, you never know if somebody can cause harm to you he doesn’t even look restrained by the waist or to have on leg irons.

[@kato1to354]

Yeah like wtf how the court system have this monster sitting in between two women so f close like that I can see their legs touching him too lol wtf . They should place them in a cage chain up. Crazy how he casually sit there with suit looks like he’s an attorney working with everyone at the desk lmao so messed up

[@sarahkrystal6989]

Awsome opening statements. 👌

[@almasakic1148]

I think both sides did a great job.

[@hoss-lk4bg]

seems pretty basic, watch much netflix hun ?

[@teekrosser]

Who was the judge that gave him the pass?

[@Foxfire8787]

William Gardner

[@karens2927]

How come you can go to a physician and lie about a job you don’t even have and they would prescribe you with this drugs?????? That’s freaking insane.

[@frightfright3843]

Yeah and they were giving him wayyy to many prescriptions for this drug. It’s like the doctors don’t care, they’re making money, so why bother to dig a little deeper.

[@8luvbug]

Seems like people were more lax about things in the 80s

[@sarah_khiangte_96]

It also happens in many developing countries, unprescribed drugs are jus so common

[@maknumaalam2601]

Yo he didn’t lie. He actually was doing a third shift at Ambrosia chocolate factory at night and for that he needed to sleep in day which he told the doctor so the doctor prescribed him sleeping pills.

[@jayegraham]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Jeffrey Dahmer was getting aroused mentally and possibly physically in court as the prosecution speak of his horrible past encounters. This is how sick some of these sociopaths and psychopaths are.

[@narlywaves2371]

Watch his hand.. 🤔

[@marcelotapia3970]

That wasn’t his style

[@DavidWilliams-so2dy]

I thought I saw that table in front of him levitate a few times.

[@revolutionishere]

He wasn't a psychopath or sociopath, this has been established by all the evaluators and mental health professionals that examined him. Psychopaths are incredibly rare and they aren't all serial killers either. There are people who have bipolar who kill, Borderline Personality Disorder, schizophrenia and many others. This narrative is problematic because it will impede our ability to prevent these crimes from happening. Reductionism isn't you friend.

[@nesetans1407]

😄😄

[@familycs2243]

Whats sad is the case he had from sexual assault then killed his young 14 yr old brother.. The kid escaped and police hand him back to dahmer..

[@kerrya5208]

It wasn’t his brother that he killed.

[@hseuphoria8922]

​@@kerrya5208 He did kill the sexual assault victim's (Keison Sinthasomphone) brother (Konerak Sinthasomphone).

[@heatherwhite5191]

He had sexually assaulted the younger brother of the 14 year old previous to then going on to murder the elder brother. Two children of the same family attacked .. one sexually assaulted, one murdered. Heartbreaking

[@Belihoney]

@@kerrya5208 who was it? All sources say they were brothers though?

[@hannah3146]

@@Belihoney it was the brother

[@cwhitlock9281]

The prosecutor looks like Dahmer's father!!

[@kerstin.jitschin5861]

Thanks for that opportunity ❗️😎😎😎

[@TheFitchhung]

I find it interesting that the attorney tries to not say the name of the drug but then reads through a statement that says the drugs name Halcion (triazolam). So did he not proofread or what? Either ur not gonna mention it or you are?

[@Caleb_Mandrake872]

Good catch - Now I know what to use.

[@TheFitchhung]

@@Caleb_Mandrake872 nice try. This drug has been banned in the UK and is a Controlled substance schedule 4 class in the U.S. Good luck getting a Dr. to prescribe it to you!

[@Caleb_Mandrake872]

@@TheFitchhung I'd rather use Michael Jackson's Proporfol to incapcitate them. Either way, I'm getting that ass.... just gonna slide in without resistance. 🤟

[@bvici22]

@@TheFitchhung 👏no actually right back at you nice try. Do​ you realize that in the US schedule IV drugs in substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with a low potential for abuse. Schedule I have the highest potential of abuse and are rarely prescribed. triazolam is a benzodiazepine and millions are prescribed all time in fact I’m prescribed a benzodiazepine. So it’s a lot easier than you would think not to mention the grey market all over Europe UK & US selling research chemicals that are insanely more potent and powerful than prescription benzodiazepines.

[@ashleyharris5499]

I thought they banned halicon in the US..of course it was way after this case

[@marialuciaz8018]

É impressionante a frieza deste sujeito durante todo o tempo em que o promotor elencou os seus crimes.

[@dodgerbluexiii]

It was later said that there was indeed S.A. when he was in the military.

[@juliesquirrel]

Geez they really glossed over how harrowing Tracy Edwards’ brave escape was

[@lutherodanielsjr7876]

This is better that watching the Netflix documentary

[@stevensonjc21]

Way better

[@mattcollins3591]

The show is incredible.

[@CharisToTheWheeler]

I wanted to watch this first

[@frightfright3843]

The Netflix show was terrible. I prefer documentaries.

[@mattcollins3591]

@@frightfright3843 😂😂😂

[@fookinl3048]

Who's hear because of Netflix?

[@judeeeeeekk]

Only you

[@brianmikkelsen1308]

Strange no one ever talks about where he lived before Apt. 213. I thought he moved from his grandmother to The Oxford Apt., but he apparantly lived someplace in between.

[@opal92nwf]

Apparently he lived at another apartment for like literally 2 days before the incident with Konarak’s brother.

[@brianmikkelsen1308]

@@opal92nwf All right. Thats interesting. I wonder where it was located in relation to the Oxford Apt.

[@bzleo2003]

I think this opening statement would be different in this year (2021). We know more about serial killers and power. So, the opening statement would be less contradictory and a bit more psychologically modern. Luckily Dahmer was punished properly.

[@judithmeza8811]

Guys, is it just me or does someone else find it disturbing seeing how he's playing with that thing 1:37:11... my mind just started thinking of what he was thinking.... am I weird? 😜

[@sineadfinlay6510]

The way he says I won't tell you what pills he was prescribed neK minute he names drops it 😆 whoopsys

[@80sForever29]

1:06:14 I wonder what he wrote

[@devinanurr3321]

I think he asked about something and give it to his lawyer

[@DrLesleyStevens]

This was awesome however I have to disagree with prosecutor that "paraphilia" is a new word. Freud was writing about them in the late 1800's.

[@narlywaves2371]

The word... keyword word...

[@DS-pz8rb]

Looks like the judge is having a nap at some points

[@traudilarrivey5039]

didn't that doctor who prescribed the sleeping pills ever wonder about all the pills dahmer needed. when someone has sleeping problems for so long shouldn't a doctor take other actions

[@8213apice]

Netflix documentary was on point

[@brandimyhren6317]

It’s the same story with most serial killers. They do it because they need too. Most attacks aren’t planned but they head out knowing they will act if opportunity presents itself. It’s because they are driven by their urges desires and they are risk takers and most people are to dumb to realize what their intuition is telling them not to do.

[@simplelifedays3692]

I respectfully disagree. Dahmer didn't do this because he needed to, he did it because he wanted to and found it easy to do so.

[@stevensonjc21]

@@simplelifedays3692 this. It was not a compulsion that overpowered him. In fact, he drank excessively to build up the courage in order to do it. The bottom line is the fucktard was greedy. He didn’t want to reciprocate the partners sexually or VERBALLY ASK AND RECIEVE CONSENT for whatever his kink were. So he chose to drug his victims and take advantage of them. Then, when the drugs were bound to wear off, he knew the victims would be incredibly angry and notice that they were drug and He feared a confrontation. He didn’t want to have to fight or even be yelled at/turned into the police, so he chose to strangle his victims. Then progressively he chose to use more degrading means to incapacitate them. It was all this progressive escalation. The only thing true is that while this was premeditated, it for damn sure a crime of opportunity. If the victims had their own car, he could magically control himself and NOT take them back to his place? Why? Cause the vehicle sitting around his apartment would for sure tie back to him. He often stopped the cab or bus blocks away from His apartment and took off routes to the place in order for the drunk men to forget their whereabouts. Almost always entered through the side of back door. I often dislike nosey neighbors but dang, thank God for Glenda Cleaveland being on to him. She was very VERY aware the a slew of men would enter Dahmers apartment, she would then hear silence, screams (cause despite Dahmers claim that he never wanted to hurt the victims, just because they were drugged on sleeping pills doesn’t mean they were startled awake once they felt someone strangling them. They would thrash, often be heavier than Dahmer and maybe overpower him and is drunk ass was sloppy and made noise. ) then after the large amount of thrash and fighting , she would he sexual noises then disgusting drunken primal screams . Days would go by where only Dahmer would emerge sans boy who entered, smell would start and like clock work, the power tools would emerge at all times at night. This is what Glenda experienced. Then to be gaslighted by cops and the building manager and Jeffery himself. Realistically since this was the midwest and early 90s , I’m sure Glenda feared that he was simply into sexual kinks and reporting him would lead to claims of homophobia.

[@hannah3146]

@@simplelifedays3692 exactly

[@NostalgiaNeka]

@@simplelifedays3692 he did everything because he could and because he wanted to. All of the above. He also was a closeted gay and obviously the Rage of beating a man to death and drugging people just to have sex and have his way there were problems at home too. The mother and father needs to stop with the bull crap I can go on and on about this I don't see how people cannot literally read through the lines and his pathetic ass behavior. He was dead without sex and raping gay men that is the truth. He literally lost it and it drove him insane. Disgusting to think about the darkness of somebody's personal preference. Makes zero sense. He definitely needed it and also used his privilege

[@tiffany4809]

I found it funny that the psychiatrist found him insane but the courts did not. He is the definition of insane. I recognize that he is unique in ways that the world has never seen but to say he isn't is beyond me. We could have studied his brain especially since he was open

[@msgoldie1661]

Jeffery was given W-privilege by those cops. Let just be honest about this whole situation,but was killed in jail by the very man of colour he hurt the majority of.

[@thecollinzboy]

Oh that’s not why he comes off as a polite well-meaning man who cunningly lied so persuasively that normal people wouldn’t think to investigate him

[@mariahussain7341]

hi there, im glad to see court tv on you tube, l like this so l subcribed to you, and thank you