what’s that matter

What’s the worst that can happen? He shoots Justin Bieber and gets locked up again.

@Conor. That should be a condition of his parole!

“And life is what happens when your busy doing other things” John Lennon.

The guy has spent enough time in jail. Release him now!

Warren, “He was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison”, that was 32 years ago. Therefore by your reasoning he should be released, as he has done 12 year over “the time”. One of the reasons cited for his continuing imprisonment, prison authorities fear he may be killed should they release him.

32 years in the prison system probably means he’ll never be rehabilitated. The world has changed so much since 1980 and I doubt he’d ever be able to adjust. Maybe he could though, I’m no expert!

He wasn’t transferred to a more secure prison. The prison he was transferred from, Attica Correctional Facility, is a “Supermax” prison, the most secure kind of prison in the US justice system. Wende is maximum security, but it is not as secure as a Supermax. So he was actually transferred to a less secure prison.

Is his musical genius supposed to make him more important than a person who is killed for a few quid on the street? His talent shouldn’t really be a factor should it?

More than likely for his own safety. There are a lot of crazy Lennon fans out there still baying for blood. If he was released from prison, he wouldn’t last two seconds without someone taking a shot at him. There’s no way he will be released.

possible reason chapman will never be released is that the CIA dont want him free.
its no secret that the CIA wanted to shut lennon up for his stsnce on the vetinam war

Unlike here in Ireland, the US has strict penalties for man slaughter. Compared to Ireland those who are found gulity will spend a significant amount of time in prison. However, an individuals race or social economic status can greatly infuence the additional amount of time added to the baseline amount of time given.

@ ruari lennon fans sort of missing the message then…all we are saying is give peace a chance, imagine that!

@the_bionic_rats Well, Mark Chapman himself claimed to be a Lennon fan. He definitely did not give peace a chance, did he? And I’m sure there are more obsessives out there, just like him, who will be waiting at the prison gates for him if he ever gets released.

@ ruairi unfortunately probably very true :-(

It will be just like starting over for Mark.

He should have killed him in Ireland then, He’d of got out 30yrs ago!

The only people who say “Everyone deserves a second chance” are those who lost no one in such a brutal way. When someone makes a conscious decision to kill someone, then looks for chances in their own life deserve no chances, deserve no right to life. It baffles me that people choose to take away someones right to life then expect people to respect their own.

you for real. if he shot a family member of yours would you still feel the same

you for real .if he shot a family member of your would you feel the same

With a bit of luck Culm, you might find the right post to write on if you just keep looking! Failed again.

Ah, just realized from you other replies and posts, you’re a TROLL. What the Journal.ie needs now is a TROLL HUNTER. #HoldingOuForAHero

To those making Dislike comments. I know of people who have committed susicide in this country owing to the pressure placed on them by bankers. I consider he bankers just as guilty as Mark Chapman. However these people will never see the inside of an Irish prison, as the Irish legal system is setup to protect the rich.

You’re making a comparison where that is far too tenuous, and you’re deliberately trying to pull the thread off-topic. This is what people are objecting to, not your political/economic beliefs.

Daithi & Nikolas, the point I’m making is if you shoot & kill somebody you go to prison, however if your business actions result is the same, people dying, you don’t go to prison. If memory serves me right Mark Chapman calmed he was the real John Lennon, hence the second-degree murder conviction owing to diminished responsibility, as it is called in the US. Over here we would call it manslaughter or even guilty but insane. To me causing the death of another person, regardless of which method you use, is the same. Therefore I reject your accusation that I am off point.

Culm, neither Lennon nor Chapman were/are Irish, neither had significant connections to the banking sector, and the murder of Lennon happened in 1980, so it predates “light touch” deregulation of banking processes. So no, I don’t believe there’s any validity in your argument. I’d guess yourself aware of this, and you’re just trying to cover up the fact that you introduced an unrelated topic to the discussion but other commenters saw through you. Sorry, but you shouldn’t keep digging. The Irish economic crisis is important, yes, but it’s not the only topic of interest and there are more than enough articles where your comment would be relevant, so please comment there and not here on an unrelated thread.

Nikolas. Again you still do not understand what I am talking about. What I am talking about is taking responsibility for your actions. If you take a gun and shoot somebody dead, you can get sent to prison. If you pressure somebody into committing suicide what should happens to you? That is the point I am making. To me the result is the same, somebody dies owing to the actions of somebody else. Mark Chapman did take responsibility, he pleaded guilty, even though he was suffering from mental illness at the time. Finally I will comment on anything I dam well care to comment about, regardless of what you or anybody else thinks about what I am saying, as I don’t believe in censorship.

Goddam phony…

No-one is censoring you. You have of course the right to free speech. But free speech does not mean that you are not answerable. Of course you can say what you like and you can say it where you like. And we also have the right to tell you to shut up and stop being petulant. Free speech works both ways. People telling you to stop being annoying is not censorship by any means.

Do you write for The Sun?

Brendan that’s a strange comment! The reason that we are talking about Chapman is that he is up for parole again, after he murdered the most famous musician (along with Elvis) of the last 100 yrs. This issue will continue to surface unless/until he is granted parole. I would contend that this is a ‘real news’ story compared to the drivel that we are bombarded with on a daily basis.