This would only be news if he actually GOT paroled.

By RICHARD RICHTMYER, Associated Press Writer
9 minutes ago



John Lennon's killer was denied parole for a fifth time Tuesday by a board that said he remains a threat to the public. Mark David Chapman will remain in New York's Attica Correctional Facility for at least two more years for gunning down the former Beatle nearly three decades ago on a Manhattan sidewalk.

Chapman, 53, has been in prison for 27 years since pleading guilty to the murder, which he has said he committed to gain attention. He became eligible for parole in 2000 after serving 20 years of a maximum life sentence.

In a one-page decision issued after Chapman's appearance Tuesday, parole board members said they denied his parole "due to concern for the public safety and welfare."

The parole board said the although Chapman has had a clean disciplinary record since 1994, he told board members during the hearing that he planned and conducted Lennon's killing "with an essentially clear mind."

Considering that, the board said, his release "would not be in the best interest of the community."

A transcript of the 36-minute hearing, conducted by two parole board members, was not immediately available.

Chapman, a former maintenance man from Hawaii, fired five shots outside Lennon's apartment building on Dec. 8, 1980, hitting Lennon four times in front of his wife, Yoko Ono, and others.

Ono, who has previously written the parole board arguing against Chapman's release, did not offer any testimony in his latest hearing.

"She was very pleased at the division of parole's decision," said her lawyer, Peter Shukat. He declined to comment further.

Fifty people sent letters and 1,100 others signed a petition opposing his release, while three wrote in urging that he be set free, said Heather Groll, a state Parole Division spokeswoman.

Chapman's next appearance before the board is scheduled for August 2010.

" Chapman's next appearance before the board is scheduled for August 2010. "


Chapman will NEVER be paroled ( see : Sirhan Sirhan )


I mean , why in the FRIG would you shoot John ANYWAY ?!  The man co-wrote the Soundtrack to a Generation  , was treated like shit his entire time on this orb and then after being shot in the back four times his wounds were so severe that the police had to throw him in the back seat of their patrol car and drive him to Hospital ( five friggin minutes away from the Dakota ) .


Why ?!



WHY ?!  

Lennon's murderer allowed sex sessions in jail   

Tuesday, August 12 2008
http://entertainment.oneindia.in/music/international/2008/chapman-annual-sex-ses...;  
 
London (ANI): John Lennon's murderer has been enjoying annual sex sessions with wife in jail for the last 16 years, prison bosses have confirmed. Mark Chapman is serving 20-year to life for shooting the ex-Beatle outside his New York home in December 1980. Jail bosses have confirmed that the pair meet in a private room and are allowed 44 hours together, reports The Sun

They are guaranteed privacy because the facility has no cameras or guards inside. The conjugal visits are allowed under the Attica Correctional Facility's "family reunion" programme, which he had joined in 1992. Meanwhile, Chapman is making a new bid for parole after being been turned down four times since 2000. He claims that he has recovered from the mental illness, which provoked him to kill the legendary rocker.

haha I wouldn't be surprised if the three people that pleaded for his release were fellow Rocks-Offers

Or maybe just one person using two aliases

I agree that he should never be parolled. I know it costs money to keep him alive, but letting him out {even if someone immediately "offed him", would be an easy out for him. I remember reading that he tried to commit suicide once {way before he killed Lennon}. And I can't help thinking.....

WHY?? WHY, WHY, WHY didn't he go ahead and put himself out of his misery??  John would probably be alive today...

Chapman will get out around the same time as Charlie Manson.

But hey, why would he wanna? He gets all his food for free and gets to fuck his wife a few times a year. Thats more than most blokes get.

isn't the guy who shot Reagna in a min. sec. psyvh ward or am I confusing that guy with this guy. I alwats get Hinkley and Chapman news stroies confused....
No offense to Reagan, but if I could've switched results... anyway!

Joey wrote on Aug 13^th, 2008 at 12:47pm:


I just don't dig his music............................. fuck you, joey

" ... just don't dig his music............................. fuck you, joey "

!!!!!

Pdog wrote on Aug 13^th, 2008 at 12:07pm:

No, that's not offensive in the least! /sarcasm. I'm not happy that Lennon got killed but losing a celebrity is less damaging to our country than losing a POTUS. Whatever the ideology.

Why did the guy who shot Reagan get locked up? I mean, why?