Mark David Chapman, the man who shot John Lennon outside the former Beatle’s Manhattan apartment in 1980, has been denied parole for the 14th time.
Chapman, 70, appeared before a parole board on August 27, with the outcome recently posted online by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
Lennon was fatally shot on the night of December 8, 1980, as he and his wife, Yoko Ono, returned to their Upper West Side home.
Earlier that day, Lennon had signed a copy of his recently released album, Double Fantasy, for Chapman.
Chapman was arrested minutes later near the scene of the shooting, sitting with a copy of JD Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye.
Lennon was 40 years old at the time of his death.
While the transcript for the latest hearing has not been released, Chapman has previously expressed remorse.
“I knew what I was doing, and I knew it was evil, I knew it was wrong, but I wanted the fame so much that I was willing to give everything and take a human life,” he told a parole board in 2022.
According to online state correction records, Chapman is currently serving a 20-years-to-life sentence at Green Haven Correctional Facility, north of New York City.
His next parole hearing is scheduled for February 2027.
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