I hadn't known about the 1996 episode,,only that the guy who stabbed Jeremy apparently went around stabbing other inmates as well,,a prize lunatic.
However,,I took it that when the guy jumped Jeremy from behind,,that Jeremy had used self-defence.
Not one link is the same as another at all. Although both reports stated the same amount of stitches,,one was just a superficial wound,,while the other was centimeters away from the jugular.
I think it's best not to read too much into most of the links as they're all based on supposition,being that none of the authors were present when the tragedy happened.