John Lennon's killer denied parole for 9th time

August 30, 2016 13:08

John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, will stay in jail for two more years after his request for parole was denied for the nineth time. He was denied parole on August 24 by a three-member state parole board pannel, reported People magazine.

Chapman, 61, who shot Lennon dead in New York City on December 8, 1980, is currently serving 20 years to life in the maximum-security Wende Correctional Facility in Alden, New York, after pleading guilty in 1981 to second-degree murder.

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