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Police handout picture dated 9/12/80 of John Lennon's assassin, Mark David Chapman. PA/PA Archive/Press Association Images
Mark David Chapman
John Lennon’s killer denied parole – again
Mark David Chapman’s application for parole turned down for the sixth time after almost 30 years in prison.
THE MAN WHO MURDERED John Lennon in 1980 had been refused parole today for the sixth time since he became eligible for release in 2000, AFP reports.
Mark David Chapman’s is eligible for another parole hearing in 2012.
Chapman shot Lennon outside the musician’s home near Central Park in New York on 8 December, 1980. Earlier in the day, Lennon had signed one of his album’s for Chapman. In 1981, he was sentenced to 20 years to life for the murder.
Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, has repeatedly fought Chapman’s release and says she still considers him a threat to her family.
In July, Ono submitted a letter to the parole board via her attorney saying that neither she nor John’s two sons would feel safe for the rest of their lives if Chapman was granted parole.
The New York State parole board has not released the reason for denying parole on this occasion.
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