"The man who killed John Lennon outside the former Beatle's Manhattan apartment building in 1980 has been denied parole for a 14th time, according to New York prison officials. Mark David Chapman, 70, appeared before a parole board on 27 August, and the decision was recently posted online by the state department of corrections and community supervision. Chapman is serving a 20-years-to-life sentence at Green Haven correctional facility, north of New York City, according to online state corrections records."
"Chapman fatally shot Lennon on the night of 8 December 1980, as the musician and his wife, 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. Chapman was arrested within minutes, sitting near the shooting scene with a copy of JD Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Lennon was 40 years old."
Mark David Chapman, 70, was denied parole for a 14th time after appearing before a parole board on 27 August. Chapman fatally shot John Lennon on 8 December 1980 outside Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Upper West Side apartment as they returned home. Lennon had signed an autograph for Chapman earlier that day on a copy of Double Fantasy. Chapman was arrested within minutes, sitting near the scene with a copy of JD Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Chapman has previously expressed remorse, saying he knew the act was evil but sought fame. He is serving 20-years-to-life at Green Haven; his next hearing is February 2027.
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