John Lennon graciously autographs an album for his murderer, December 8, 1980Mark Chapman, confessed murderer of John Lennon, is up for parole (again):
The last time Chapman was up for parole, in 2008, the New York State Division of Parole issued a release saying his request was denied "due to concern for the public safety and welfare." He also was denied parole in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006.
Chapman, 55, is serving a sentence of 20 years to life in prison for the shooting death of Lennon outside Lennon's New York City apartment on December 8, 1980.
He has served 29 years of his sentence at the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility, where he is held in a building with other prisoners who are not considered to pose a threat to him, according to officials with the state Department of Correctional Services.
He has his own prison cell but spends most of his day outside the cell working on housekeeping and in the library, the officials said.
For the past 20 years he has been allowed conjugal visits with his wife, Gloria. The visits are part of a state program called "family reunion" that allows inmates to spend up to 44 hours at a time with family members in a special setting.
Meanwhile, Julian, Sean, and Yoko Lennon have spent 0 hours with John since late in the evening of December 8, 1980. Presumably, if Chapman is paroled, he will be able to spend the next 30 or so years with his wife, a privilege denied to the Lennon family by Chapman's actions on that night nearly three decades ago.
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