John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, up for parole for the sixth time

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Man who murdered John Lennon up for parole again
By Chris Kokenes, CNN
July 27, 2010 1:23 p.m. EDT



Mark David Chapman, convicted of killing former Beatle John Lennon, is up for parole for a sixth time.

(CNN) -- John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, is up for parole for the sixth time, just months short of the 30th anniversary of the former Beatle's death.

Chapman is scheduled to be interviewed by two members of the parole board during the week of August 9.

Four letters were submitted against Chapman's release this year, according to a representative of the New York State Division of Parole, and there were two letters in support.

The last time Chapman was up for parole, in 2008, the New York State Division of Parole issued a release saying Chapman's request was denied "due to concern for the public safety and welfare." He also was denied parole in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006.

Chapman, 55, is serving a sentence of 20 years to life in prison for the shooting death of Lennon outside Lennon's New York City apartment on December 8, 1980. He has served 29 years of his sentence at the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility, where he is held in a building with other prisoners who are not considered to pose a threat to him, according to officials with the state Department of Correctional Services.

He has his own prison cell but spends most of his day outside the cell working on housekeeping and in the library, the officials said.

[Blue Owl]

1. Is that Dwight from "The Office"?

n/t

[ET Awful]

2. I was thinking the same thing . . .

Looks just like him.

[era veteran]

3. Stay in prison

[raccoon]

4. Please don't use the dumbass's name. Just say "John Lennon's killer."

Dumbasses who kill people to become notorious, we shouldn't USE their names.

Same with the 2 Columbine killers.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. Good point, I hear you.

After all, that's exactly why he did it...he looked into the mirror and saw nothing looking back at him so he had to rob the world of someone who actually did something with his life.