John Lennon’s killer Mark Chapman denied parole for 14th time

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John Lennon‘s killer Mark Chapman has been denied parole for the 14th time.

Chapman, 70, fatally shot Lennon at the entrance to The Beatles icon’s New York City apartment in December 1980. The musician and Yoko Ono were returning to the Upper West Side building following a recording session. Lennon, who at the time was 40 years-old, had signed an autograph for Chapman earlier that same day.

Lennon’s killer appeared before a parole board on August 27, and a decision was recently posted online by the state department of corrections and community supervision.

Chapman unsuccessfully appealed for parole in August 2020, and then had to wait another two years before he was eligible for another hearing.

The transcript for the latest parole board hearing was not immediately available, but Chapman previously expressed remorse for his crime.

“I am not going to blame anything else or anybody else for bringing me there,” Chapman told the board during the previous hearing. “I knew what I was doing, and I knew it was evil, I knew it was wrong, but I wanted the fame so much that I was willing to give everything and take a human life.”

Chapman is currently serving a 20-years-to-life sentence at the Green Haven Correctional Facility, which is north of New York City, having pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

His next parole hearing is in February 2027.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono. CREDIT: Michael Negrin

Meanwhile, an unreleased, newly restored video of Lennon and Ono’s ‘Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)’ was recently released.

The newly remixed version features in a new box set called ‘Power To The People’, due for release on October 10, which explores the pair’s NYC era and political activism through unreleased demos, home recordings, jam sessions, live cuts, unique mixes and more.

These were Lennon’s only full-length shows after leaving The Beatles, and also the last gigs the pair ever performed together before his death.

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