Dec. 7, 2025
"THE MAN WHO KILLED JOHN LENNON: 45 YEARS OF DENIAL & THE PAROLE BOARD'S VERDICT - PART 2"
Reid Carter concludes the John Lennon assassination special. Mark David Chapman's defense planned an insanity defense—paranoid schizophrenia, delusions, the little people in his walls. But on June 22, 1981, Chapman told Judge Dennis Edwards that God ordered him to plead guilty. His attorney objected. Chapman didn't care. Sentenced to 20-years-to-life. August 2025: His fourteenth parole denial. The board cited his "selfish disregard for human life of global consequence" and "the worldwide void he created." Yoko Ono still writes letters opposing release. Chapman is now 70 years old. Next hearing: February 2027. He'll likely die in prison.
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Caalaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm Reed Carter. Sunday, December seventh,
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twenty twenty five. Yesterday we covered the murder of John
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Lennon December eighth, nineteen eighty, Mark David Chapman waiting outside
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the Dakota the autograph, the hollow point bullets, the five shots,
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John Lennon dying on the floor of his own apartment building,
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cassette tapes scattered around him. Today what happened next? The
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trial that never was, the insanity defense that was never tested,
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And forty five years of Mark David Chapman sitting in
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a prison cell, denied parole fourteen times, while the world
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still mourns the man he killed. December ninth, nineteen eighty,
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the morning after the murder, Mark David Chapman was arraigned
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on charges of second degree murder in Manhattan Criminal Court.
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He was represented by a quarter apoint of attorney Herbert Adlerberg.
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The arraignment lasted minutes. Chapman entered no plea. He was
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remanded to Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric evaluation, placed under suicide watch,
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the most hated man in America, locked in a padded
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room while doctors tried to determine if he was legally insane.
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Outside the Dakota, thousands gathered singing Lenin's songs, crying, holding candles,
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a spontaneous vigil that would last for days. On December fourteenth,
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Yoko Ono called for ten minutes of silence to honor John.
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Millions around the world participated. Meanwhile, Chapman's attorney withdrew from
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the case. Too many death threats, too much hatred. No
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lawyer wanted to defend John Lennon's killer. Eventually, Jonathan Marx
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took the case, a criminal defense attorney willing to represent
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the unrepresentable, and Marx had a strategy in Sannnity. The
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psychiatric evaluations were damning paranoid schizophrenia, delusions of grandeur, the
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little people in his walls, the obsession with the catcher
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in the rye, the belief that he had become Holden Callfield,
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that killing Lenin was somehow saving the world from phoniness.
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Doctor Daniel Schwartz, director of forensic psychiatric services at King's
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County Hospital, diagnosed Chapman as a paranoid schizophrenic, said Chapman
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had literally become John Lennon in his own mind and
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killed the real Lenin because he was evil and a phony.
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He killed the person who to him represented evil and hypocrisy.
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Schwartz testified he killed him physically, he killed himself psychologically.
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Another psychiatrist, doctor Dorothy Lewis, said Chapman told her he
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summoned devils from high places the night before the murder,
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that demons forced him to kill. The insanity defense looked promising.
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Chapman might never see the inside of a prison. Instead
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ed he'd be committed to a state mental hospital for treatment,
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may be released eventually if doctors determined he was no
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longer a threat. But Mark David Chapman had other plans.
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June twenty second, nineteen eighty one, the trial was about
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to begin. Jonathan Marx was ready to present his insanity defense.
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Witnesses lined up, psychiatric experts prepared to testify. Then Chapman
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told his lawyer he wanted to plead guilty. Mark Subjected
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raised serious questions about Chapman's competence to make that decision,
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requested further psychiatric evaluation. Chapman was unmoved. He told Judge
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Dennis Edwards Junior that God had instructed him to plead guilty,
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that he would never change his plea, never appeal regardless
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of the sentence. The judge accepted the plea, declared Chapman competent,
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set sentencing for August twenty fourth. I'm reed, Carter. This
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is celebrity trials today. Mark David Chapman's guilty plea, the sentence,
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forty five years in prison, fourteen parole denials, and the
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question that haunts Yoko Ono every two years? Will the
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man who killed John Lennon ever walk free? Part two
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of two, June twenty second, nineteen eighty one. Manhattan State
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Supreme Court Judge Dennis Edwards Junior presiding. The courtroom was
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packed media from around the world. Security tight. Everyone expected
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the beginning of what would be one of the most
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sensational trials of the decade. Instead, they got six words
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from Mark David Chapman. I plead guilty, your honor. His attorney,
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Jonathan Marx, was blindsided. He'd spent months building an insanity
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defense expert witnesses psychiatric evaluations, a compelling case that Chapman
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was a paranoid schizophrenic who didn't understand the wrongfulness of
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his actions. Chapman was throwing it all away. Mister Chapman
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has exercised his constitutional right to amend his plea. Judge
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Edwards announced he will plead guilty to the charge of
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murder in the second degree. Marx told the court he
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opposed the plea change, that he had serious questions about
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Chapman's mental state, that a man who believed God was
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giving him instructions might not be competent to make legal decisions.
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But Edwards disagreed, said Chapman had made the decision of
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his own free will, declared him competent to plead guilty.
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Why did Chapman do it? He gave different explanations over
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the years. Said God told him to, Said he wanted
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to spare yoko Ono the pain of a lengthy trial.
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Said he didn't want to be seen as crazy. The
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truth probably all of the above, and something else. Control
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Mark David Chapman's entire life was about control. The little
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people in his walls who worshiped him, the Holden Caulfield fantasy,
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where he decided who was phony and who deserved to live,
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the murder itself, choosing who dies and when. A trial
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would have taken that control away. Lawyers arguing psychiatrists testifying
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a jury deciding his fate. Chapman would have been a
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passive observer in his own story. By pleading guilty, he
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controlled the narrative, made himself the author of his own ending.
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Even in prison, he would be the one who chose
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to be there. Make it make sense. He murdered John
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Lennon for fame, then pleaded guilty to avoid a trial
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that would have kept him in the spotlight for months.
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The logic doesn't hold, but logic never applied to Mark
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David Chapman. August twenty fourth, nineteen eighty one, sentencing day.
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The courtroom was crowded again, cameras everywhere, the whole world watching.
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Two psychiatrists testified on Chapman's behalf. Doctor Daniel Schwartz repeated
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his diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, said Chapman had become Lenin
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in his own mind and killed him because he was evil.
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Doctor Dorothy Lewis described Chapman's claims about summoning devils, his delusions,
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his detachment from reality. Prosecutor Alan Sullivan presented evidence that
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Chapman had considered killing other celebrities before settling on Lenin.
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David Bowie, Johnny Carson, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Walter Cronkite,
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George C. Scott, Jacqueline Kennedy, O Nassis, even Ronald Reagan
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the only criterion fame Chapman wanted to kill someone famous.
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Lenin was the most accessible. Then Chapman was asked if
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he had anything to say. He stood, pale, pudgy, clutching
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a paperback copy of The Catcher in the Rye, and
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he read aloud from the novel, the passage about Holden
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Caulfield's fantasy of being the Catcher in the Rye, standing
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at the edge of a cliff, catching children before they
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fall into the corrupt adult world. The courtroom was silent.
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Here was a murderer reading from the book that supposedly
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explained his crime, but it explained nothing, just the ramblings
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of a fictional teenager weaponized by a disturbed mind. Judge
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Edwards pronounced sentence twenty years to life, just five years
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less than the maximum of twenty five to life. The
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judge also ordered psychiatric treatment during incarceration, said he hoped
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doctors could figure out what made Chapman tick, understand the
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pathology prevent future tragedies. Chapman showed no emotion, was let
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out of the courtroom in handcuffs, transported to Attica Correctional Facility,
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the maximum security prison in upstate New York. His wife, Gloria,
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was not charged. She knew about his plans. He'd told
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her before his second trip to New York, but she
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thought he was joking, or crazy, or both. She didn't
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take it seriously, and by the time she realized he
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was serious, it was too late. They divorced. Eventually, Gloria
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returned to Hawaii tried to build a new life, but
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she'll always be the woman who was married to John
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Lennon's killer. Mark David Chapman entered Attica on August twenty fourth,
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nineteen eighty one. He would become eligible for parole on
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August twenty fourth, two thousand, nineteen years away, plenty of
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time to think about what he'd done, or so the
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world hoped. Attica Correctional Facility one of the most notorious
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prisons in America, sight of the nineteen seventy one riot
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that left forty three people dead, maximum security home to murderers, rapists,
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and the worst criminals New York had to offer, and
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now home to Mark David Chapman. Prison officials immediately recognized
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the problem. Chapman wasn't just a murderer. He was the murderer,
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the man who killed John Lennon, a target for anyone
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who wanted to make a name for themselves. They put
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him in protective custody, solitary confinement, twenty three hours a
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day in a cell, one hour for exercise, minimal contact
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with other inmates. Chapman's first months were turbulent. In February
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nineteen eighty two, he went on a hunger strike, refused
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to eat for twenty six days. The New York State
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Supreme Court authorized force feeding. He was given liquid nutrients
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through a tube. Why the hunger strike, Chapman never fully explained.
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Maybe he was seeking attention, Maybe he was trying to
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punish himself. Maybe he was just unstable, as the psychiatrists
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had said all along. He declined all interview requests for
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his first six years. Said he didn't want to give
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the impression he'd killed Lenin for fame, that he regretted
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the murder, that he was genuinely remorseful. But actions speak
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louder than words, and Chapman's actions suggested something else. Journalist
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James R. Gaines managed to interview him anyway, wrote an
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eighteen thousand words series for People magazine. Chapman later told
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the Parole Board he regretted that interview. In nineteen ninety two,
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Jack Jones of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle published let
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Me Take You Down Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman,
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based on audio taped interviews with Chapman over several years,
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a deep dive into his psychology, his delusions, his rationalizations.
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Chapman cooperated with the book, then said he regretted it.
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A pattern was emerging. Do something for attention, then claim remorse. Repeat.
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Over the years, Chapman was transferred from Attica to various facilities,
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eventually landed at Greenhaven Correctional Facility in store Ormville, New York,
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about an hour north of Manhattan. He's been there ever since.
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In prison, he found religion again, was baptized in the
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Protestant faith in May nineteen ninety four, claimed he'd become
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a born again Christian again, said he was genuinely repentant.
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He also got married in nineteen eighty one, while awaiting sentencing.
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He divorced Gloria in June nineteen ninety one, he married again.
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Her name has never been publicly disclosed. She visits him regularly.
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Conjugal visits were allowed until New York State banned them
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for convicted murderers in twenty eleven. Chapman has worked various
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jobs in prison, legal clerk, kitchen helper, chapel attendant. He's
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described as a model prisoner, follows the rules, doesn't cause trouble,
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stays in protective custody to avoid being killed by lenin fans,
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and every two years, like clockwork, he applies for parole.
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August two thousand, his first parole hearing, twenty years served.
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Chapman told the board he wasn't a threat to society,
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that John Lennon himself would have approved of his release.
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The board denied him. Yoko Ono had submitted a letter
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asking them to keep Chapman behind bars, said she feared
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for her safety, for Sean's safety, for the safety of
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anyone Chapman might target next. That denial set the pattern
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for the next quarter century. October two thousand and two denied.
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October two thousand and four denied. Yoko wrote again, I
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am afraid it will bring back the nightmare, the chaos,
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and the description of a vision I experienced when I
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saw my husband lying dead. August two thousand and six denied,
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August two thousand and eight denied, August twenty ten denied.
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Chapman told the board he was obsessed with attention. When
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he killed Lenin, I felt like nothing, and I felt
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if I shot him, I would become something which is
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not true. That's a lie, that's a delusion. August twenty
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twelve denied, August twenty fourteen denied, August twenty sixteen denied,
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August twenty eighteen denied. Chapman said he felt more and
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more shame each year. August twenty twenty denied. I assassinated
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him because he was very, very very famous, and that's
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the only reason. Chapman told the board, I was very
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very very very much seeking self glory, very selfish. August
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twenty twenty two, denied twelfth time. The board cited his
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selfish disregard for human life of global consequence set his
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actions left the world recovering from the void of which
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you created. March twenty twenty four denied thirteenth time, August
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twenty seventh, twenty twenty five, denied fourteenth time. Just three
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months ago. Chapman is now seventy years old. His next
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parole hearing is scheduled for February two, twenty twenty seven.
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He will likely be denied again and again and again.
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The pattern is clear. The board will never release him.
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The crime was too notorious, the victim too beloved, the
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cultural impact too profound. Mark David Chapman will die in prison,
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not because of any single factor, but because he killed
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someone who mattered to millions of people, and those people
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will never forgive him. We'll be right back with the
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legacy of John Lennon's assassination. Why Chapman still represents something
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dangerous about fame and forty five years later, why the
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world still mourns. Welcome back to celebrity trials. I'm reed.
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Carter yoko Ono is ninety two years old, now still
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living in the Dakota apartment she shared with John, the
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same building where he he was murdered forty five years ago.
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a letter. The content varies, but the message is always
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the same. Keep him locked up. In twenty fifteen, she
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told The Daily Beast, one thing I think is that
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he did it once, he could do it again to
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somebody else. It could be me, it could be Sean,
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it could be anybody. So there is that concern she's
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not being paranoid. Chapman had a hit list multiple celebrities
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he considered killing before settling on Lenin. What's to stop
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him from targeting someone else if released? But Yoko's opposition
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goes beyond safety. It's about justice, about honoring John's memory,
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about refusing to let his killer walk free while she
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still draws breath. Their son, Sean Lennon, is now fifty
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years old. He was five when his father was murdered,
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remembers almost nothing of that night. Has spent his entire
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adult life in the shadow of that tragedy. Sean has
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spoken about Chapman rarely. What is there to say The
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man who killed your father applies for freedom every two years.
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You have to relive the worst moment of your life
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over and over. There's no closure, there's no healing, just
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an endless cycle of parole hearings and denials. John's other son,
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Julian from his first marriage to Cynthia Powell, was seventeen
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