Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's Killer, Denied Parole For 7th Time In NY

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22. You "sincerely" doubt do you?

But you don't know for certain any of this claptrap you spew, do you? Killers are staying in prison, especially those who have used guns to kill. He shot a man in the back on a Manhattan street for no reason other than Lennon was an extraordinary man and this killer was an angry, pathetic nothing of a human waste. He took someone with two young sons. His five year old grew up without a father. His teenager has not had an easy time since. His widow saw him murdered right in front of her. The breadth of loss is a major factor in deciding parole. Parole boards always look at what impact the murder had on others, how wide and on how many lives. I think it's safe to say that the loss of Lennon was and is far reaching. All that warrants keeping him in prison forever. I will never forget how terrible I felt the night of December 8, 1980, and the days that followed. I stayed up all night that night, listening to the radio. I cut out all the newspaper articles from my hometown paper. I still have them today, yellow and crumbling. I was just a kid, younger even than Julian Lennon. I have had to relive that terrible feeling every single year when the day comes around so I can't even imagine how the family feels. This year will be 32 years, more than my entire adult life. I am not alone. I am much younger than he plus I am female and he will not outlive me. He's safer inside, I promise you that.