The latest parole request of Mark David Chapman, the man who killed former Beatles member John Lennon in 1980 in Manhattan, has been denied for the 14th time, New York corrections authorities announced.
Chapman, 70, appeared before the parole board on August 27, and the decision was recently published online by the relevant US Department of State.
John Lennon was shot dead on the night of December 8, 1980, by Chapman, who was 25 years old at the time, as the latter was returning to his apartment in the Upper West Side area with his wife, Yoko Ono.
Earlier that day, Lennon had autographed a copy of his album, “Double Fantasy,” for Chapman. The killer was arrested within minutes at the scene, clutching JD Salinger’s novel, “The Catcher in the Rye.”
The full transcript of the latest hearing has not yet been made public. However, Chapman has expressed remorse for the crime in the past.
“I knew what I was doing and I knew it was wrong. I knew it was bad, but I wanted fame so much that I was willing to do anything, even take a human life,” he had declared three years ago during a previous hearing with the commission.
Chapman is currently serving a sentence of 20 years to life in prison at Green Haven Correctional Institution, in upstate New York.
He will be eligible to apply for parole again in February 2027, according to the Associated Press.
