Sunday - September 26, 2004

Death Penalty

He’s up for parole again. The man who murdered John Lennon. Beatles fans are outraged. So am I. I figure it may be time to let him leave prison. After all, he should be safe .... just as safe as John Lennon was outside the Dakota Apartments on December 8, 1980.

Mark Chapman, the man who murdered John Lennon, could be released from jail next month in a move that has sparked fears of retribution from Beatles fans.

Chapman will have a parole hearing in the week beginning 4 October, officials at the New York State Parole Division said. It will be held behind closed doors. However, one official said they had ‘no idea’ what the outcome of the hearing would be.

But if Chapman is released after 24 years in prison, some Lennon fans have already threatened to take action. News of the parole hearing has spread on the internet and dozens of websites have been filling up with messages from fans around the world, many already promising to take revenge on the man who gunned down Lennon on 8 December 1980 as he arrived at his New York apartment building off Central Park.

‘Chapman should be executed. I would gladly get rid of him myself,’ wrote a fan from Finland on one website. Another fan has already set up an online petition to have Chapman’s parole denied. It is already full of messages that show Chapman’s safety outside jail would be difficult to maintain. ‘If Mark David Chapman is let out of jail, he wouldn’t last a day. There are too many people who want him dead,’ wrote a New York-based female fan.

Trivia: How many of you were watching Monday Night Football on that night when Howard Cosell announced on air and to the entire stadium that Lennon had just been shot? Do you remember which teams were playing? I do.

Posted by The Skipper     on 09/26/2004 at 05:22 AM   
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