Lennon's killer denied parole for fourth time

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

ATTICA, New York (AP) -- John Lennon's killer was denied parole for a fourth time Tuesday because of the "bizarre nature" of his crime.

Mark David Chapman, 51, must remain at Attica Correctional Facility for at least two more years for gunning down the former Beatle outside his Manhattan apartment building in 1980.

"The panel remains concerned about the bizarre nature of this premeditated and violent crime," the board wrote in a one-page decision issued shortly after Chapman's appearance before the three-member panel at Attica.

The hearing lasted 16 minutes, said Scott Steinhardt, spokesman for the state Division of Parole. A transcript of the hearing was not immediately available.

more:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10/10/chapman.parole.ap/index.html

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. I think all media should stop using his name.

The fucker wanted noteriety - he should be denied it.

I remember the DJ on WNEW the night that Lennon was killed, he almost gave the killer's name, and then he said, "No - you know what? I'm not going to say his name. He did this for publicity, to get his name known, and I refuse to say it."

I applauded him for that.

[samsingh]

7. this piece of shit should never be released

he's a good argument for the death penalty.

[anotherdrew]

19. death penalty? only if it's one day before death by 'natural causes'

don't let murdering shits escape, keep them suffering in jail for life, it's a far worse punishment than just letting them off by killing them.

[Autumn Colors]

8. Many Lennon fans have done likewise

Myself included. I will never mention that piece of shit's name as long as I live.

My brother, sister, and I went to the vigil in Central Park that was organized by Yoko the Sunday after John's murder. To this day - even after 26 years! - I can't watch film footage from the night of his murder without crying.

I went to see "The U.S.vs. John Lennon" on Monday and there was footage from that vigil we went to. It brought it all back again.

If you can, go see this movie. To younger people who really are too young to remember what a great activist John was (or to those who won't go because they "don't really like The Beatles") ... I say GO! If only to see what our government was and is capable of ... and what one person can do (granted, he was a person with a lot of fame behind him, but still...).

A really excellent movie with so many parallels to today, it's scary.

[Orangepeel]

11. I noticed that the movie didn't say his name

it was very good

[hsher]

32. I agree

[Zensea]

2. He should be glad he's in prison

I would emphatically not approve of it, but it would not surprise me at all if Chapman ever gets released from prison that someone would do to him like he did to Lennon.

[L A Woman]

3. you are exactly right...

he wouldn't live long outside of those prison walls. i am surprised no one has killed him behind bars, actually.

[greccogirl]

4. He's been outside of prison

walls a lot - I read he has visits with his family on the outside.

[pepperbear]

5. are you sure that wasn't hinkley?

hinkley was allowed to visit his parents. I live in the same town so it was quite a big controversy.

[mtnester]

15. I agree, Hinkley was allowed out

not the other POS that killed John Lennon...

[greccogirl]

27. You know, you might be right.

I'll look it up.

[greccogirl]

29. You're right. It was

Hinckley and not Chapman. :-)

[Autumn Colors]

9. They've had to keep him isolated

... from the general prison population.

I agree, I'm surprised someone inside the prison hasn't killed him. Lots and lots of Beatle fans EVERYWHERE.

[AtomicKitten]

6. I hope he rots in prison

and is passed around like the bitch that he is. Fucker.

[greccogirl]

28. He's an insightful article about him

and his life in prison: http://www.courttv.com/talk/chat_transcripts/deathofabeatle.html

[MnFats]

10. I remember that night very well...went home crying..

...i heard the first bulletin on the radio. they said someone had shot JOhn Lennon....I remember thinking, 'that can't be right. who the hell would want to shoot John Lennon.'
and a little while later they said he had died....and i was still thinking, 'No, that can't be right. It's not JOhn.'

classic case of denial, which i returned to again and again in the following days..

[Cooley Hurd]

12. My brother is a corrections officer and met him at Attica...

My brother told me the other inmates tease him by singing Beatles' songs to him...:(

[Totally Committed]

13. May I be forgiven for this, but....

I hope he never sees the outside of a jailhouse again in his lifetime.

TC

[nebula]

14. Wonder why Lennon insisted on

staying in the US even after people, govt officials among them, threatened him with deportation and even violence? Was he asking for martyrdom?

Lennon was loved, but also despised by many in reich-wing America because of his great influence on the peace movement. The FBI even had a file on him. Popular liberal figures don't have a very long life expectancy in this country do they (jfk, rfk, mlk, etc)?

Wouldn't be the first time US govt played a hand in political assassination.

[HughBeaumont]

16. Pretty much why a progressive would never be elected to high office.

Corporate America would have him shot dead. Progressives are bad for business. There's wars to be fought and citizens to keep fearful. Never mind that historically, when everyone does well, the rich do even better.

Like Hopper said on Bugs Life:

You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up! Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one, and if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life! It's not about food, it's about keeping those ants in line.

Don't even mistake that for a second.

[AnneD]

17. Amen Bro Beaumont...

preach that gospel (loved the example).

[michreject]

18. I hope he never gets out

Chapman is as much as a cause for todays problems as anybody. What the world would have been like if Lennon wouldn't have died.

[anotherdrew]

20. here's the seperated at birth pic

[hsher]

33. ***Holy shit***

!!!
:wow:

[noonwitch]

21. I have compassion for him, although I don't think he should ever get out

He's a schizophrenic. He should have been in a hospital when he killed Lennon. The situation is sad from every perspective-Sean and Julian losing their dad too young (and before he and Julian could reach any kind of peaceful understanding), Yoko lost the love of her life, and Chapman did something he can never take back, because he was delusional and not getting any kind of useful treatment.

It is my understanding that in prison he takes his meds and is a fairly easy inmate to deal with. I could see them putting him in a less secure prison when he gets a little older, if he's not an escape risk. Maybe they could get him to do public service ads encouraging the mentally ill to get treatment before they do something horrible and violent? He and Hinckley are sort of the poster boys for that issue.

[anotherdrew]

22. he was a mind-controlled programmed killer for the bastards

don't doubt it. and no of course I don't have "proof" just a wealth of suspicions and the knowledge that it is well within their capabilities.

[greccogirl]

30. In an article I read they say

he is a model prisoner - and is kept away from the general population for safety.

[anotherdrew]

23. the real killer: Jose Joaquin Sanjenis Perdomo

Who really killed Lennon?
Compelling evidence points to Dakota doorman, Jose Joaquin Sanjenis Perdomo, as Lennon’s true killer. Records reveal a "Jose Joaquin Sanjenis Perdomo" (aliases: "Joaquin Sanjenis" and "Sam Jenis") was an anti-Castro Cuban exile and member of Brigade 2506 during the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961, a failed CIA operation to overthrow Fidel Castro. Perdomo was a professional hit man who worked closely with convicted Watergate burglar Frank Sturgis (deceased) for about ten years on the CIA's payroll.

http://www.jfkmontreal.com/john_lennon/Dateline/DL_11182005_response.htm

[Bushfire]

24. Have you read this book? "Who Killed John Lennon?" by Fenton Bresler

From Publishers Weekly
Bresler, a British lawyer, believes tht Mark Chapman, assassin of John Lennon, was no "lone nut" but was programmed by the CIA, through drugs and hypnosis, to carry out the murder. The N.Y.C. police lieutenant who interrogated Chapman the night of the slaying in 1980 is quoted here as saying: "He looked as if he could have been programmed." Bresler builds an entirely circumstantial case without a shred of hard evidence, but he does raise some interesting questions. Why, for instance, did Chapman, in 1975 a 19-year-old, religious, anti-Communist Southerner, select Russia as his preferred destination in a YMCA exchange program, and end up instead in Beirut? Bresler posits that Chapman was recruited by the CIA as a killer and kept "on hold" until the agency found a target: Lennon, portrayed here as a magnet for leftist causes. He argues that Chapman spent three "missing days" in Chicago before arriving in New York to shoot the rock star. As Bresler ( The Mystery of Georges Simenon ) reports, Lennon was kept under surveillance by both the FBI and CIA, but that in itself proves nothing. Author tour.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

It was an interesting read to say the least...never heard of Jose Perdomo before though. Don't think Bresler mentioned him in the book.

[brentspeak]

25. Have you tried looking in the Yellow Pages for psychiatric help?

[anotherdrew]

26. have you? naivete can be clinical at a point

and a world view that thinks conventional wisdom and the official story are always and exclusivly true would be a very deluded one. but oh, nothing "secret" ever happens right? there are no conspiracies right? I suppose you might actually believe that? Anyway, you should know that my assertions about the matter are not held with anything like 100% certainty, are yours?

[greccogirl]

31. Another conspiracy theory without a grain

of truth (sigh)