John Lennon’s Killer Denied Parole 14th Time
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Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and killed John Lennon in 1980, has been denied parole for the 14th time, according to New York state prison officials. The 70-year-old appeared before a parole board on August 27, with the decision recently made public by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
Chapman murdered the former Beatle outside his Manhattan apartment on the night of December 8, 1980, as Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, were returning home. Just hours earlier, Lennon had signed an autograph for Chapman on a copy of his album Double Fantasy.
Chapman remained at the scene and was arrested minutes later, found reading The Catcher in the Rye. Lennon was 40 years old at the time of his death.
The transcript from Chapman’s latest parole hearing has not yet been released, but in previous hearings he has expressed remorse. In a 2020 appearance before the board, he said, “I knew what I was doing, and I knew it was evil. I knew it was wrong, but I wanted the fame so much that I was willing to give everything and take a human life.”
Chapman is currently serving a sentence of 20 years to life at Green Haven Correctional Facility in upstate New York. His next parole hearing is scheduled for February 2027.
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