Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's Killer, Denied Parole For 7th Time - Polidicks

[QUOTE]LBANY, N.Y. -- John Lennon's killer was denied release from prison in his seventh appearance before a parole board, New York corrections officials said. Mark David Chapman, 57, was denied parole by a three-member board after a hearing Wednesday, the state Department of Corrections said Thursday. The transcript of his latest hearing wasn't immediately released. Chapman shot Lennon in December 1980 outside the Manhattan apartment building where the former Beatle lived. He was sentenced in 1981 to 20 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. The musician, singer and songwriter was 40. "Despite your positive efforts while incarcerated, your release at this time would greatly undermine respect for the law and tend to trivialize the tragic loss of life which you caused as a result of this heinous, unprovoked, violent, cold and calculated crime," board member Sally Thompson wrote. Board members Joseph Crangle and Marc Coppola agreed. "The panel notes your good conduct, program achievements, educational accomplishments, positive presentation, remorse, risk and needs assessment, letters of support, significant opposition to your release and all other statutory factors were considered," Thompson wrote. "However, parole shall not be granted for good conduct and program completions alone." Chapman can try again for parole in two years. He was transferred in May from the Attica Correctional Facility in western New York to the nearby Wende Correctional Facility. Both are maximum security. The prison system doesn't disclose why inmates are transferred. At his previous hearing, he recalled that he had considered shooting Johnny Carson or Elizabeth Taylor instead, and said again that he chose Lennon because the ex-Beatle was more accessible, that his century-old Upper West Side apartment building by Central Park "wasn't quite as cloistered." Chapman fired five shots outside the Dakota apartment house on Dec. 8, 1980, hitting Lennon four times in front of his wife, Yoko Ono, and others. The former security guard from Hawaii said that his motivation was instant notoriety but that he later realized he made a horrible decision for selfish reasons. "I felt that by killing John Lennon I would become somebody and instead of that I became a murderer and murderers are not somebodies," Chapman told the board two years ago. Ono, 79, had said two years ago that she was trying to be "practical" in asking that her husband's killer remain behind bars. She said Chapman might be a danger to her, other family members and perhaps even himself. In a 1992 interview at Attica, Chapman told Barbara Walters that it was dark when he shot Lennon in the back with a .38-caliber revolver after he exited a limousine, headed up the walkway to his apartment building and looked at Chapman. "I heard this voice – not an audible voice, an inaudible voice – saying over and over, `Do it, do it, do it,'" Chapman said. He explained, "I thought that by killing him I would acquire his fame." He has been in protective custody with a good disciplinary record, according to corrections officials.[/QUOTE] [url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/mark-david-chapman-john-lennon-killer-denied-parole-7th-time-ny_n_1824704.html/]Source[/url]

A bit late here.

[quote]Ono, 79, had said two years ago that she was trying to be "practical" in asking that her husband's killer remain behind bars. She said Chapman might be a danger to her, other family members and perhaps even himself.[/quote] bullshit I mean really, say the real reason you don't want him out, that you're still upset, its completely understandable and no one would really think less of you, don't try to make it sound like you're trying to do everyone a favour.

[quote]"The panel notes your good conduct, program achievements, educational accomplishments, positive presentation, remorse, risk and needs assessment, letters of support, significant opposition to your release and all other statutory factors were considered," Thompson wrote.[/quote] Which she immediately follows up with [quote]"Despite your positive efforts while incarcerated, your release at this time would greatly undermine respect for the law and tend to trivialize the tragic loss of life which you caused as a result of this heinous, unprovoked, violent, cold and calculated crime," board member Sally Thompson wrote. Board members Joseph Crangle and Marc Coppola agreed.[/quote] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di7vbNJwzZQ"]Did he try to pull this[/URL] or am I missing something?

If he killed a regular guy he would have been out many years ago.

Just let it be man I hope there will be an answer

[quote]"Despite your positive efforts while incarcerated, your release at this time would greatly undermine respect for the law and tend to trivialize the tragic loss of life which you caused as a result of this heinous, unprovoked, violent, cold and calculated crime," board member Sally Thompson wrote. Board members Joseph Crangle and Marc Coppola agreed.[/quote] "Hello my name is Sally Thompson and I have no [I]fucking idea[/I] how the legal system works."

I wonder what John Lennon would think about this.

[QUOTE=Doneeh;37373062]I wonder what John Lennon would think about this.[/QUOTE]He'd be too high to really care. I hear they have HUGE stockpiles in heaven.

If the guy got sentenced to 20 years in 1980 and my math still works, why is he still in prison?

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;37373144]If the guy got sentenced to 20 years in 1980 and my math still works, why is he still in prison?[/QUOTE] 20 years [B]to life[/B]

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;37373144]If the guy got sentenced to 20 years in 1980 and my math still works, why is he still in prison?[/QUOTE] 20 to life

[QUOTE=KaIibos;37373198]20 years [B]to life[/B][/QUOTE] Fuck my reading skills during the summer holidays.

[QUOTE=Doneeh;37373062]I wonder what John Lennon would think about this.[/QUOTE] I get the feeling that if Yoko Ono was killed and Lennon was offering opinions he'd probably want the guy released by now. [editline]fuckmods[/editline] Though I could be wrong, maybe a traumatic event like that would change him. Scary thought.

jeez ditch the grudge already its not healthy

[QUOTE=Sie-Sveinhund;37373378]I get the feeling that if Yoko Ono was killed and Lennon was offering opinions he'd probably want the guy released by now.[/QUOTE] what is that conjecture based on

Yoko ono seriously needs to get over it. Where the fuck is forgiveness?

He wouldn't survive a week out of prison anyway. Some Beatles fan would just pop him

[QUOTE=KaIibos;37373600]what is that conjecture based on[/QUOTE] Guesswork and stereotypes.

Well if he didn't want to deal with shit like this, he shouldn't have killed lennon. He had 0 reasons to do so.

[QUOTE=MightyMax;37375113]Well if he didn't want to deal with shit like this, he shouldn't have killed lennon. He had 0 reasons to do so.[/QUOTE] People who are insane and obsessive usually aren't rational with their decisions.

[QUOTE=TheTalon;37373608]He wouldn't survive a week out of prison anyway. Some Beatles fan would just pop him[/QUOTE] I somehow doubt it.

If someone killed the love of my life, I sure as fuck would never want to see them released. It doesn't matter how long it's been, that pain of that will never go away.

[QUOTE=TheTalon;37373608]He wouldn't survive a week out of prison anyway. Some Beatles fan would just pop him[/QUOTE] even if they would, it isn't fair on Chapman to keep him locked up when he isn't a danger to anyone and he wants to be free. if he can understand the danger he'll put himself in by stepping outside, I think he can do what he wants.

[QUOTE=Reaper3_3;37375814]If someone killed the love of my life, I sure as fuck would never want to see them released. It doesn't matter how long it's been, that pain of that will never go away.[/QUOTE] And that's why we have these people called "Judges" so the legal system isn't run by grieving widows.

[QUOTE=Sie-Sveinhund;37373378]I get the feeling that if Yoko Ono was killed and Lennon was offering opinions he'd probably want the guy released by now.[/QUOTE] I dunno, in the parts of Eric Clapton's autobiography where the two were mentioned, Lennon was pretty damn attached to Yoko. Course, I didn't get a chance to finish that book so there might have been a bit of a failing out towards the end of it that I didn't get to read. Guess the only way to know for sure is if it actually happened.

Someone I know is always going on about this. "He should never be let out, he killed JOHN LENNON" or "You can feel sorry for him, but at the end of the day he killed JOHN LENNON". I suppose the fact that he took away a great man and so his punishment should be greater could mean something, but I always feel that in a democracy and in the justice system there should be absolutely no bias. It's the same as if a judge let a murderer run free just because he was friends with him, but the other way round.

[QUOTE=Ray-The-Sun;37375917]And that's why we have these people called "Judges" so the legal system isn't run by grieving widows.[/QUOTE] Well yeah, just referring to people talking about Yoko is all.

I imagine Lennon would have seen this guy as ill, mentally, and wanted to see society help him with his mental illness. He did shoot Lennon with a revolver though, and Revolver is my favorite Beatles album, so that creeps me out.