John Lennon's killer seeks freedom again

senorwipesalot

Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's convicted killer, was making his seventh try at parole Wednesday.
Chapman's 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.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/22/justice/new-york-chapman-parole-hearing/index.html

El Guapo!

Imagine that.

marshbaboon

Don't know what all the fuss is about, the Beatles were a bit crap like.

Ziegfeldgirl27

If he killed someone who was not famous, he would be out by now.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Yoko did it.

AnonoBoy

John's not dead.

Everyone knows he faked it all and disappeared to get away from Yoko.

He then underwent massive surgery to change his whole identity and I'm pretty sure he moved to New Jersey, became Wonder Mike and formed the Sugarhill Gang.

RobbingBandit

No way should he be released, can you imagine who he will kill after reading the Twilight books.

dasdog

Phoney people. He'll go on a rampage.

RobbingBandit

Dean09 wrote: »

Imagine that.

Fail of epic proportions.

strokeslover

He should never be let out, and I don't think he should be allowed this conjugal visit either!

Skylinehead

RobbingBandit wrote: »

No way should he be released, can you imagine who he will kill after reading the Twilight books.

Hopefully the Twilight cast.

Mr. CooL ICE

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Fail of epic proportions.

Let it be

SIR PEADO BAILOUT

MK Ultra mind controlled patsy or not,I say let him out cause I for one would like to punch his feckin lights out.

galwayrush

He murdered someone, let him rot in prison.

Joekers

I'd imagine a bitta instant karma would be taken and you get some other nut job Lennon fan killing him if he was released

Colmustard

The thing about giving parole in America is the parole board can get sued if they commit another crime, so basically no-one gets paroled.

starbelgrade

Ziegfeldgirl27 wrote: »

If he killed someone who was not famous, he would be out by now.

If he'd killed Yoko Ono he probably wouldn't have even gone to prison.

refusetolose

maybe he might give peace a chance?

EoghanIRL

AnonoBoy wrote: »

John's not dead.

Everyone knows he faked it all and disappeared to get away from Yoko.

He then underwent massive surgery to change his whole identity and I'm pretty sure he moved to New Jersey, became Wonder Mike and formed the Sugarhill Gang.

There is a conspiracy theory thread you know?

refusetolose

EoghanIRL wrote: »

There is a conspiracy theory thread you know?

there's a whole forum

galwayrush

starbelgrade wrote: »

If he'd killed Yoko Ono he probably wouldn't have even gone to prison.

Happiness, is a warm gun.....:D

D1stant

Joekers wrote: »

I'd imagine a bitta instant karma would be taken and you get some other nut job Lennon fan killing him if he was released

Slow karma would be better. Electronic implant playing Yoko hits until he pops his clogs

3ndahalfof6

he said he was sorry, what happened to innocent but proven guilty.

Run_to_da_hills

They found a dead beetle in John Lennon's coffin.

D1stant

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

They found a dead beetle in John Lennon's coffin.

banned

dj jarvis

all joking aside

is one man's life more valuable than a other ?
someone made the point if the person was not famous then he would be out by now

so why not him ?

it really does not make any sense that he keeps getting refused ( unless they know that he will re offend , and i think he is in more danger outside prison than in )
is that not how it works ? parole is decided on reform and risk ?

not saying he should be - but looks strange that if he had shot a street coke dealer in new york ,he would have been free at least 10 years ago

3ndahalfof6

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

They found a dead beetle in John Lennon's coffin.

you should know better than that, you can not believe everything you read.

3ndahalfof6

dj jarvis wrote: »

all joking aside

is one man's life more valuable than a other ?
someone made the point if the person was not famous then he would be out by now

so why not him ?

it really does not make any sense that he keeps getting refused ( unless they know that he will re offend , and i think he is in more danger outside prison than in )
is that not how it works ? parole is decided on reform and risk ?

not saying he should be - but looks strange that if he had shot a street coke dealer in new york ,he would have been free at least 10 years ago

let it free, let it free, let it free, let it free

Ted!

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Fail of epic proportions.

Ah, you're just a jealous guy.

blatantrereg

It's been said he killed him because he was infuriated by Lennon preaching everyone should be hippies while cashing in on his image and living a materialistic lifestyle. Perhaps because of his reading and quoting The Catcher in the Rye, which condemns phonies. His references to the book seem to have been more to do with trying to pass himself off as having been in psychosis when he committed the killing though. In his last parole hearing he said he just wanted to get famous, and that he had also considered Jimmy Carson and Elizabeth Taylor.

I think the latter is true. Wanting to be significant seems to be the motive for a lot of the more shocking and apparently random killings.

MadsL

Let him out, maybe he'll get the right Beatle this time


...Looking at you Paul, looking at you. Some of us still remember the Frog Song.../mutters...gets coat.

Dangerous Man

Let him out! Maybe he'll go after Madonna.

Ted!

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Let him out! Maybe he'll go after Madonna.

What did Madonna do wrong??

Heck, she even wore a see-threw bra recently in Dublin (search 'Madonna HD Dublin' on the YouTube for proof). Someday down the line (when I'm like in my 70's or so) and banging women in their 50's, I hope they look half as good as she does now.

Unregistered.

Ted! wrote: »

... Heck, she even wore a see-threw bra recently in Dublin (search 'Madonna HD Dublin' on the YouTube for proof).

Thread delivers.

AnonoBoy

EoghanIRL wrote: »

There is a conspiracy theory thread you know?

Yeah. If you believe The Man there is.

That forum's full of narcs.

JohnMarston

Its probably for his own safety that he be kept in prison. Beatles fans and Lennon fans would lynch him

frag420

If he is released there has to be some conditions...................

He takes out Bieber, Minage, Gaga and Tubridy.

Preferably with a crossbow.

I would even spit n shine the tips of the arrows for him.

SEPT 23 1989

Being so peace and love and all that the question is would John still want him in prison at this stage?

up for anything

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Being so peace and love and all that the question is would John still want him in prison at this stage?

He missed his son's growing up. Sure he'd want him in prison. If it were me I'd want him dead.

Quorum

Ziegfeldgirl27 wrote: »

If he killed someone who was not famous, he would be out by now.

If he wasn't famous, he wouldn't have killed him though. Cosmic.

Pumpkinseeds

I'll be eaten alive for this but did the guy not do the rest of the Beatles a big favour by killing Lennon. I've always thought that the Beatles are over rated. I think that if Lennon hadn't been assassinated that the Beatles would never have attained the legendary status that they have. I don't condone the guy killing him.

*I'll get my coat*

Dyr

Release him and send him after yoko

deaddonkey

John would have forgiven him.

A Primal Nut

Ziegfeldgirl27 wrote: »

If he killed someone who was not famous, he would be out by now.

No he wouldn't; this is America; where life means life.

If he killed someone in Ireland, then he would have been out 15 years ago.

ejmaztec

D1stant wrote: »

Slow karma would be better. Electronic implant playing Yoko hits until he pops his clogs

Did she ever have a hit, or would the implant be playing "The Sound of Silence"?

Latchy

Chapman wanted the fame of been the man who killed the Beatle and got it ...at a price ,his appeal has been turned down again today .

That's great news .

Many others would love to kill him just to say ,they killed the guy who killed the Beatle .

refusetolose

denied

Irish Guitarist

Some of the comments here are ridiculous.

"The Beatles were a bit crap".

1) No they weren't. They were great. Even if you don't like them they more than likely had a massive influence on the music you listen to.

2) Even if they were crap what's that got to with a member of the band being murdered?

"If he killed someone who was not famous, he would be out by now"

If Mark Chapman had murdered someone who wasn't famous he may or may not have been released by now. Who's to say? Every case is different. Also the authorities may well feel that he's still a danger. John Lennon isn't the only celebrity who Mark Chapman wanted to kill. Apparently he had also been planning on killing David Bowie. If released he might very well become obsessed with another celebrity.

I don't get why this makes it into the news though. Prisoners are allowed to apply for parole. That's the way the justice system works. I don't see what the big news story is. All it's doing is giving a murderer the fame he longs for. The less attention he gets the better.

Latchy

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I don't see what the big news story is. All it's doing is giving a murderer the fame he longs for. The less attention he gets the better.

Exactly ...he wouldn't last long on the outside either .It's just a pity that he didn't top himself as planned before he 'murdered ' Lennon

Nippledragon

Skylinehead wrote: »

Hopefully the Twilight cast.

and the writers....

admiralofthefleet

a yoko