The person convicted of murdering John Lennon outdoors his Manhattan residence in 1980 has had his request for parole denied for the twelfth time, the Related Press reported.
Mark David Chapman, who’s 67, appeared earlier than a parole board in late August, authorities in New York mentioned.
Chapman fatally shot Lennon on the evening of December 8, 1980, as Lennon and Yoko Ono have been returning to their Higher West Facet residence. Earlier within the day, Lennon had signed Chapman’s copy of his newly launched album Double Fantasy.
The transcript of the committee assembly has not but been launched, however at earlier hearings Chapman has at all times expressed remorse for his actions. In 2020, he known as his actions “abhorrent” and added that he wouldn’t complain if he was put behind bars for the remainder of his life.
“I killed him…as a result of he was very, very, very well-known and that’s the one motive and I actually, actually, actually wished to be well-known. Very egocentric,” Chapman mentioned on the time.
He’s serving a sentence of twenty years to life in jail on the Inexperienced Haven Most Safety Penitentiary, north of New York. Since 2000, he has the best to request exemption each two years. He’ll seem earlier than a committee once more in February 2024.
