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(32,048 posts) Fri Aug 17, 2012, 11:14 PM Aug 2012

John Lennon's killer seeks freedom again [View all]

Source: CNN

Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's convicted killer, is up for parole for the seventh time and may be questioned as early as Tuesday, authorities said Friday.

His latest quest for freedom comes ahead of the 32nd anniversary of the death of the former Beatle, a British singer-songwriter who was gunned down outside his Manhattan apartment on December 8, 1980.

Chapman is scheduled to be interviewed by two or three members of the parole board, according to Carole Claren-Weaver, a spokeswoman for the New York Department of Corrections.

He was last up for parole in 2010, but was denied because his "discretionary release remains inappropriate at this time and incompatible with the welfare of the community," according to the New York State Division of Parole.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/17/justice/new-york-chapman-parole-hearing/index.html

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John Lennon's killer seeks freedom again [View all] alp227 Aug 2012 OP

Legal gun owner shoots man in the back five times. onehandle Aug 2012 #1

No Kalidurga Aug 2012 #2

A statement from Yoko should nip that right in the bud. pepperbear Aug 2012 #3

Can anyone explain that? Grins Aug 2012 #4

"..inappropriate ...and incompatible with the welfare of the community". Merlot Aug 2012 #12

Chapman wants to be released The Wizard Aug 2012 #5

I've always thought this guy was full of it MichiganVote Aug 2012 #6

No. aquart Aug 2012 #7

Never dflprincess Aug 2012 #8

I'm not so sure that if John could speak right now, he wouldn't say to let Chapman out of jail. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #9

Even if John could speak and did want him released it's not his choice Merlot Aug 2012 #11

Yeah limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #13

the celebrity of John Lennon should not be a factor in Chapman's Swagman Aug 2012 #19

That he murdered a celebrity should not be a factor, just that he murdered. Merlot Aug 2012 #29

John would NEVER say let him out Scairp Aug 2012 #33

you may be right limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #35

Fair enough Scairp Aug 2012 #36

It's understandble people have a lot of strong feelings about John. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #37

Jealousy and envy is not insanity Scairp Aug 2012 #38

F### him. AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #10

Imagine life without parole... regnaD kciN Aug 2012 #15

LOL.. sendero Aug 2012 #20

! AtomicKitten Aug 2012 #25

Chapman has shown zero remorse for the murder Adenoid_Hynkel Aug 2012 #14

He can be released after John is no longer dead. Lasher Aug 2012 #16

Or when the last Beatles fan dies. sofa king Aug 2012 #22

Let him out and he will be dead within a year. dogknob Aug 2012 #17

John Lennon's murder still brings a cloud of sadness to my heart - to the world's heart NBachers Aug 2012 #18

Gonna start a revolution from my bed Kolesar Aug 2012 #21

Sewege does not belong in drinking water Guy Montag Aug 2012 #23

absolutely NOT ---let inmates on pot charges go free and not this murderer wordpix Aug 2012 #24

The man will die in prison ..... Botany Aug 2012 #26

No. Just no. nt historylovr Aug 2012 #27

Good luck with that Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #28

You can get out when Lennon Comes back from the dead, and he is not a Zombie Heather MC Aug 2012 #30

I really dislike indeterminate sentencing like this - particularly when it seems to allow petronius Aug 2012 #31

While I particularly despise this murderer, I agree with you Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #34

If he ever does get parole Scairp Aug 2012 #32

hell no Taverner Aug 2012 #39

Yeah. They'll release that freak and he'll share an apartment with Charles Manson. alphafemale Aug 2012 #40

...or OK, fine then. Let the little fucker out. Let's see how fast he can run, alphafemale Aug 2012 #41