Thomas M. Jacobson, the former Milwaukee attorney who represented eight of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims’ families, took issue with the 13 nominations for the Ryan Murphy-created Netflix limited series “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” following the Television Academy’s announcement of this year’s honorees Wednesday.
In a statement to TheWrap, the lawyer said that giving awards to shows like “Dahmer” “contributes to glamorizing or desensitizing violence and crime in society.
“By celebrating and rewarding these portrayals, there is a risk of normalizing the actions of individuals like Dahmer, potentially desensitizing audiences to the real-life consequences of violence,” Jacob wrote.