ALBANY, N.Y. — The person who shot and killed John Lennon outdoors his Manhattan residence constructing in 1980 has been denied parole for a twelfth time, New York corrections officers mentioned Monday.
Mark David Chapman, 67, appeared earlier than a parole board on the finish of August, based on the state Division of Corrections and Neighborhood Supervision.
Chapman shot and killed Lennon on the evening of Dec. 8, 1980, as Lennon and Yoko Ono had been returning to their Higher West Aspect residence. Lennon had signed an autograph for Chapman on a duplicate of his lately launched album, “Double Fantasy,” earlier that day.
State officers have but to make transcripts of Chapman’s newest board interview out there, however he has repeatedly expressed regret in earlier parole hearings. Chapman referred to as his actions “despicable” throughout his listening to in 2020, and mentioned he would have “no grievance in anyway” in the event that they selected to go away him in jail for the remainder of his life.
“I assassinated him … as a result of he was very, very, very well-known and that’s the one purpose and I used to be very, very, very, very a lot in search of self-glory. Very egocentric,” Chapman mentioned then.
Chapman is serving a 20-years-to-life sentence at Inexperienced Haven Correctional Facility, north of New York Metropolis, based on on-line state corrections data.
He’s subsequent because of seem earlier than the parole board in February 2024.
