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John Lennon's Killer Is Denied Parole For A 10th Time

A New York State Board of Parole panel said that by murdering a person "beloved by millions," Mark David Chapman "demonstrated a callous disregard for the sanctity of human life."

The man who waited outside John Lennon's New York apartment building and then shot him to death in 1981 has been denied parole a 10th time.

Mark David Chapman,

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