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John Lennon’skiller remains behind bars.
On Thursday,Mark David Chapmanwas denied parole for the 10th time, according to the Associated Press.
Chapman, 63, went before New York’s parole board on Wednesday, two years after beingdenied parole in 2016.
He is currently serving 20-years-to-life in the Wende Correctional Facility in Western New York, after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in 1981.
“You admittedly carefully planned and executed the murder of a world-famous person for no reason other than to gain notoriety,” the statement continued.
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While in prison, Chapmanadmittedhis crime was “selfish and evil.”
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Four years prior, during a 2012 hearing, Chapman opened up about the tragic day and how Lennon autographed an album cover for him before the murder.
“I did try to tell myself to leave,” Chapman explained. “I’ve got the album, take it home, show my wife, everything will be fine. But I was so compelled to commit that murder that nothing would have dragged me away from that building.”
Lennon was shot in front of his wife, Yoko Ono, outside of their Manhattan Upper West side apartment. He was 40.
Chapman was also denied parole in 2014 and will be eligible for parole again in 2020.
Since Lennon’s death, his former bandmatePaul McCartneyhas made it his mission to keep his memory alive.
In March, the 75-year-old musician marched the streets of New York City protesting forthe end of gun violenceat March for Our Lives.
“One of my best friends was killed in gun violence right around here so it’s important to me,” McCartney told CNN in a live broadcast.
source: people.com
