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.