Chapman
is serving a 20-years-to-life sentence
By
Mariah Haas | Fox News
John
Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, says he feels shame for shooting former
Beatle
During
a parole hearing, Mark David Chapman, who killed John Lennon in 1980, said he
feels remorse and shame for murdering the former Beatle.
Mark
David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon, has been denied parole for the
11th time.
The
65-year-old was denied after being interviewed by a parole board on Aug. 19,
according to corrections officials. Chapman is currently at Wende Correctional
Facility in New York, where he's serving a 20-years-to-life sentence.
Chapman
shot and killed Lennon, a former Beatles star, outside his Manhattan apartment
on Dec. 8, 1980. Hours earlier, Lennon had autographed an album for a then-25-year-old
Chapman.
Chapman
has said previously that he feels “more and more shame” every year for the crime.
“I
was too far in,” Chapman told a parole board in 2018. “I do remember having the
thought of: ‘Hey, you have got the album now. Look at this, he signed it, just
go home.’ But there was no way I was just going to go home.”
He
added at the time: "Thirty years ago I couldn’t say I felt shame and I
know what shame is now. It’s where you cover your face … You don’t want to ask
for anything.”
Chapman's
next parole hearing is scheduled for August 2022.
