DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: First, in our "CNN 20" segment, a look back at Jeffrey Dahmer's sentencing on this date, eight years ago.</s>SUSAN ROOK, CNN ANCHOR: Jeffrey Dahmer went to court today to be sentenced for killing and dismembering 15 young men. The sentence: life in prison. It was expected, but some of the things heard in the courtroom today were not expected.</s>JEFFREY DAHMER, CONVICTED KILLER: 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...</s>J.W. SMITH, BROTHER OF VICTIM: Mr. Dahmer, Eddie's gone now, the victim of your senseless killing.</s>DAHMER: 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.</s>RITA ISABEL, SISTER OF VICTIM: Jeffrey, I hate you! I hate you!</s>DAHMER: I know I will be in prison for the rest of my life. I should have stayed with God. I tried and failed and created a holocaust.</s>UNIDENTIFIED CORRESPONDENT: Three-and-a-half years after Jeffrey Dahmer butchered his final victim, this 34-year-old convicted serial killer met a brutal and bloody death. At 8:10 that morning, a guard at Columbia Correctional Institute found Dahmer's bludgeoned body in a staff bathroom inside the prison gymnasium.
CNN 20: Jeffrey Dahmer Sentenced, February 17, 1992