Jeffrey Dahmer’s Final Court Statement“Your Honour, it is over now.
This has never been a case of trying to get free, I didn’t ever want freedom; frankly I wanted death for myself. This was a case to tell the world that I did what I did, not for reasons of hate; I hated no one. I knew I was sick, or evil, or both. Now I believe I was sick. The doctors have told me about my sickness and now I have some peace.
I know how much harm I have caused. I tried to do the best I could, after the arrest, to make amends, but no matter what I did, I could not undo the terrible harm I have caused. I feel so bad for what I did to those poor families and I understand their rightful hate.
I decided to go through this trial for a number of reasons. One of the reasons was to let the world know that these were not hate crimes. I wanted the world and Milwaukee, which I deeply hurt, to know the truth of what I did. I didn’t want unanswered questions. All the questions have now been answered. I wanted to find out just what it was that caused me to be so bad and evil. But most of all Mr. Boyle and I decided that maybe there was a way for us to tell the world that if there are people out there with these disorders maybe they can get some help before they end up being hurt, or hurting someone. I think the trial did that.”
