Posted on 09/01/2022 9:35:29 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The man convicted of killing John Lennon more than four decades ago is up for parole for a 12th time.
Mark David Chapman, 67, pleaded guilty to shooting Lennon as the Beatles icon returned to his Manhattan apartment building in December 1980.
He was first eligible for parole in 2000 — and has previously been denied release 11 times.
Chapman — an inmate at the Wende Correctional Facility in upstate New York — was a 25-year-old religious fanatic when he traveled from Hawaii to New York City armed with a .38 Special handgun, 14 hours of Beatles recordings, and a copy of J.D. Salinger’s novel “The Catcher in the Rye.”
A former fan of the legendary rock band, Chapman was reportedly angered by Lennon’s claim that the band was “more popular than Jesus.”
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Forest time I’ve ever seen him referred to as a religious fanatic
He has to be kept in prison for life so that the Deep State can make it clear that John Lennon is more respected than Ronald Reagan.
No, let him rot.
I believe in the past she has written the parole board not to release him.
Well, John Hinkle is out.
Same here. Maybe part of the new crusade against Christian nationalists
a 25-year-old religious fanatic
WHAT?
I can’t imagine him being let out…
A 25-year-old cold-blooded murderer.
I read back then he was taken up with Catcher in the Rye novel and the hypocrisy of Lennon. No religious mention.
As for the Beatles claim, that was in 1966, and they caught lots of flack over it. They later apologized. Lennon died in 1980.
I’ve never heard him referred to as a “religious fanatic”. I guess you’re next going to portray him as a “right-wing extremist”.
Upset by bigger than Jesus quote and the lyrics of songs like “God”and “Imagine”
I say NO! We don’t need this shithead back on the street.
Whatever it is, I'm sure she'll communicate it in an ear-splitting screech.
Yeah, me too. I wonder what’s up with that?
but they let the POS that shot Reagan out...
I see what you did there.
In fact, IIIRC, they said he did it to impress Jody Foster because he had a crush on her or something.
My thoughts exactly. If it had been you or me murdered in cold blood, someone like Chapman would probably never even have gone to jail.
Probably would have gotten a suspended sentence and time served.
Because you or I are not Leftist icons.
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