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Trunk Monkey

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5. I'm up in the air about this one

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2012, 12:31 PM

Aug 2012

If they're keeping him in jail only because the person he killed was John Lennon, then I think he should be let out.

If there are no other mitigating factors then he should be treated just like any other prisoner and I think John Lennon would say the same thing.

Also FWIW MDC was not a legal gun owner

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Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's Killer, Denied Parole For 7th Time In NY [View all] onehandle Aug 2012 OP

Good. nt msanthrope Aug 2012 #1

RIP John Lennon n/t xocet Aug 2012 #2

Keep rotting, asshole. nt Comrade_McKenzie Aug 2012 #3

GOOD!! ailsagirl Aug 2012 #4

I'm up in the air about this one Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #5

Chapman murdered John Lennon "only because" he was John Lennon rocktivity Aug 2012 #7

Are you familiar with the term "Equal justice before the Law"? NT Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #8

Lennon deserves equal justice, too rocktivity Aug 2012 #12

Re: Lennon deserves equal justice, too Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #14

It's fairly easy to establish a clear and present danger with Chapman. Ty Templeton Aug 2012 #13

You must be full of nothing but air, actually Scairp Aug 2012 #19

Re: you don't have the slightest clue what Lennon would say. Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #24

Whatever Scairp Aug 2012 #34

how about he killed ANYONE in a cold calculating way & has only served 30 years wordpix Aug 2012 #21

If that's normal treatment for a murderer in NY state fine NT Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #25

TRANSLATION: "Have it on MY record that I let John Lennon's assassin go free? rocktivity Aug 2012 #6

You got it. Matters not whether Chapman has served a sentence commensurate with similar... Scuba Aug 2012 #10

Re: cultural icons Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #15

"Life isn't fair." - James Earl Carter Scuba Aug 2012 #16

How would you know? Scairp Aug 2012 #20

It sounds to me like you don't want justice, you want vengeance Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #26

He's in prison Scairp Aug 2012 #36

While traitors and war criminals walk free and "tell their stories" in the captive MSM like RUMSFELD bobthedrummer Aug 2012 #9

If the decision was motivated by public safety, inmate behavior, and an unbiased petronius Aug 2012 #11

Agreed alcibiades_mystery Aug 2012 #17

You "sincerely" doubt do you? Scairp Aug 2012 #22

Your rage isn't hurting anyone but you, you know that right? NT Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #27

Condescending comment. Quantess Aug 2012 #35

Well alcibiades_mystery Aug 2012 #31

What If One Of Your Kids Was Killed By Chapman? HangOnKids Aug 2012 #23

What if one of your kids WASN'T killed by Chapman and was on the street after 12 years Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #28

Bye-Bye HangOnKids Aug 2012 #33

Probably not alcibiades_mystery Aug 2012 #30

oooh!... So close! JohnnyRingo Aug 2012 #18

I like the way you think. 2ndAmForComputers Aug 2012 #32

Good. I imagine there would Cha Aug 2012 #29