On Monday, New York prison officials said the man who killed John Lennon in Manhattan in 1980 has been denied parole for the 12th time.
Mark David Chapman, 67, appeared before a parole board in late August, according to the state Department of Corrections and Public Safety.
Chapman shot and killed the former Beatles member on the night of December 8, 1980, as musician and partner Yoko Ono was returning to his Upper West Side apartment.
State officials have yet to release transcripts of Chapman’s latest testimony, but the man has repeatedly expressed regret over previous hearings.
Chapman called his actions “despicable” during a 2020 hearing and said he “won’t have any complaints” if they decide to jail him for life.
“I killed him because he was very, very, very famous, and that’s the only reason, and I looked very, very, very, very self-glorifying. [Fui] very selfish,” he said at the time.
Chapman is serving a life sentence at the Green Haven Correctional Facility in upstate New York, a maximum security prison, according to state corrections online records.
The man is due to appear before the parole board in February 2024.
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