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Floyd R. Turbo

(32,289 posts) Tue Sep 13, 2022, 07:26 AM Sep 2022

John Lennon's killer denied parole for 12th time, New York corrections officials say [View all]

ALBANY, N.Y. — The man who shot and killed John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment building in 1980 has been denied parole for a 12th time, New York corrections officials said Monday.

Mark David Chapman, 67, appeared before a parole board at the end of August, according to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

Chapman shot and killed Lennon on the night of Dec. 8, 1980, as Lennon and Yoko Ono were returning to their Upper West Side apartment. Lennon had signed an autograph for Chapman on a copy of his recently released album, “Double Fantasy,” earlier that day.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/09/13/john-lennon-killer-denied-parole-12-times/10364372002/

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John Lennon's killer denied parole for 12th time, New York corrections officials say [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2022 OP

If he had killed someone else, would he be out now? 3Hotdogs Sep 2022 #1

If he killed somebody else nobody would know his name BeyondGeography Sep 2022 #3

I don't think any murderer should ever be out. alphafemale Sep 2022 #14

May he continue to rot away behind bars MagickMuffin Sep 2022 #2

Starting over? Beatlelvr Sep 2022 #6

Prison isn't all bad exboyfil Sep 2022 #4

Has he grown breasts and gotten high off of cleaning products? tenderfoot Sep 2022 #12

good. He should NEVER be paroled. As for those who argue if he killed someone less notable, would JohnSJ Sep 2022 #5

Good. Aristus Sep 2022 #7

I know I'm in the minority here, but I believe in the death penalty Goodheart Sep 2022 #8

The government should not have the power of life and death Mysterian Sep 2022 #9

Well, those would be jury decisions. Goodheart Sep 2022 #10

That's an obtuse way to look at it Mysterian Sep 2022 #21

So, if we never trust the government at any level then we shouldn't have prisons at all. Goodheart Sep 2022 #23

Riiiiight. Mysterian Sep 2022 #24

Prison is so fun, I may commit a crime simply because it'll be like going to Disneyland tenderfoot Sep 2022 #11

He's having more fun than is John Lennon. Goodheart Sep 2022 #13

And those kids that shot up a school in Arkansas are having more than the people they killed tenderfoot Sep 2022 #16

Jonesboro? FelineOverlord Sep 2022 #19

I have no idea why you're arguing against yourself. Goodheart Sep 2022 #29

Forty plus years of watching your body age away during a life you will never have? DFW Sep 2022 #18

With you on that. The Grand Illuminist Sep 2022 #15

You're not in the minority. Lancero Sep 2022 #20

Wow, really??? USALiberal Sep 2022 #26

Hey why not legalize murder? You're doing the "victim" a favor, they won't suffer a long drawn out unblock Sep 2022 #27

An accurate view. Prison is about rehabilitation, life sentences are counter to that. Lancero Sep 2022 #31

Life sentences protect us from dangerous people Sugarcoated Sep 2022 #33

So does the death penalty, and better so. Once carried out, you don't need to worry about... Lancero Sep 2022 #34

But if done in error it can't be reversed Sugarcoated Sep 2022 #35

And if a person dies in prison, erroneously being sentenced to spend the rest of it behind bars... Lancero Sep 2022 #36

Yes, you are a minority, you would love China. Nt USALiberal Sep 2022 #25

Focusing on the criminal misses the point. unblock Sep 2022 #28

I'm of the same opinion. nt Raine Sep 2022 #32

For all the music Chapman stole from the world that night DFW Sep 2022 #17

Chapman should die in prison. He murdered an innocent man in cold blood. Assassin. ZonkerHarris Sep 2022 #22

I hope he rots in jail. honest.abe Sep 2022 #30