John Lennon killer Mark David Chapman is denied parole for the sixth time 
 
 
 
 By Daily Mail Reporter 
 
 Last updated at 8:15 AM on 8th September 2010 
 
 The man who shot and killed Beatles star John Lennon almost thirty years ago has been denied parole - for the sixth time. 
 
 Mark David Chapman shot Lennon outside the musician's apartment in Manhattan, New York on December 8, 1980. 
 
 The now 55-year-old Chapman was interviewed at the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility in New York, where he is currently in prison. 
 
 
 
 Happiness Is A Warm Gun: Mark David Chapman was convicted of murdering John Lennon in December 1980 in New York 
 
 Forever Young: Chapman shown in 1975, five years before he murdered Lennon outside of the Beatles star's apartment 
 
 Chapman sent shockwaves around the world when he murdered Lennon, the English singer-songwriter who, with Paul McCartney, formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. 
 
 Lennon was only 40 years old when Chapman, then 25, initially asked him for his autograph - only to later fatally shoot him four times in the back. 
 
 The former maintanance man, who is serving a sentence of 20 years to life, has been denied parole every two years since becoming eligible in 2000. 
 
 Jealous Guy: Mark David Chapman had gained John Lennon's autograph on December 8, 1980, before shooting him four times in the back in New York 
 
 Chapman was originally scheduled to appear at a parole hearing last month, but the hearing was postponed. 
 
 The last time Chapman was up for parole, in 2008, the New York State Division of Parole issued a release saying his request was denied 'due to concern for the public safety and welfare'. 
 
 
 
 He has served 29 years of his sentence at the Attica Correctional Facility, where he is held in a building with other prisoners who are not considered to pose a threat to him, according to officials. 
 
 Texan-born Chapman has his own prison cell but spends most of his day working on housekeeping and in the library, the officials said. 
 
 For the past 20 years he has been allowed conjugal visits with his wife, Gloria. 
 
 The visits are part of a state program called 'family reunion' that allows inmates to spend up to 44 hours at a time with family members in a special setting. 
 
 Inmates must meet certain criteria to receive the privilege. 
 
 Chapman has not had an infraction since 1994, said Erik Kriss, spokesman for the Department of Corrections said last month. 
 
 'He goes about his business, doing his prison job and without any fanfare,' Kriss said. 
 
 Yoko Ono, Lennon's widow, in previous years has submitted a letter requesting that parole be denied. ||||| FILE- This Jan. 31, 2018, file photo, provided by the New York State Department of Corrections, shows Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon on Dec. 8, 1980. Chapman told a parole board in... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE- This Jan. 31, 2018, file photo, provided by the New York State Department of Corrections, shows Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon on Dec. 8, 1980. Chapman told a parole board in August 2018, when the New York state Board of Parole denied his release, that he feels "more and more... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE- This Jan. 31, 2018, file photo, provided by the New York State Department of Corrections, shows Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon on Dec. 8, 1980. Chapman told a parole board in August 2018, when the New York state Board of Parole denied his release, that he feels "more and more... (Associated Press) FILE- This Jan. 31, 2018, file photo, provided by the New York State Department of Corrections, shows Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon on Dec. 8, 1980. Chapman told a parole board in... (Associated Press) 
 
 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The man who killed John Lennon told a parole board he feels "more and more shame" every year for gunning down the former Beatle outside his Manhattan apartment in 1980. 
 
 "Thirty years ago I couldn't say I felt shame and I know what shame is now," Mark David Chapman said. "It's where you cover your face, you don't want to, you know, ask for anything." 
 
 Chapman expressed his enduring remorse for killing Lennon at his 10th parole board hearing in August at Wende Correctional Facility, where he is serving a 20-years-to-life sentence. The board denied his release that month. New York prison officials released a transcript of the hearing on Thursday. 
 
 Chapman, 63, shot and killed Lennon on the night of Dec. 8, 1980, hours after having the former Beatle autographed an album for him. 
 
 Chapman told parole board members he still thinks about how Lennon was "incredible" to him earlier that day. He said he had been going through an internal "tug of war" of whether to go ahead with the shooting. 
 
 "I was too far in," Chapman told the board. "I do remember having the thought of, 'Hey, you have got the album now. Look at this, he signed it, just go home.' But there was no way I was just going to go home." 
 
 As in previous parole hearings, Chapman went into detail about the shooting and his regret over the "senseless" act. Chapman claimed he sought notoriety and felt no animosity for Lennon, even though he loaded his gun with more lethal hollow-point bullets. 
 
 "I secured those bullets to make sure he would be dead," he said. "It was immediately after the crime that I was concerned that he did not suffer." 
 
 Chapman described working at the prison cleaning, painting and stripping wax from the floors. He said he left his quest for notoriety behind long ago and is devoted to promoting the transformative power of Jesus. 
 
 He said he realizes the pain he caused will linger "even after I die." 
 
 In its decision, the state Board of Parole said releasing Chapman would not only "tend to mitigate the seriousness of your crime," but also would endanger public safety because someone might try to harm him out of anger, revenge or to gain notoriety. 
 
 Chapman will be up for parole again in August 2020. ||||| He'll be eligible again in two years. 
 
 Mark David Chapman, 61, the convicted murderer of John Lennon, was denied parole Sunday for the ninth time, the New York Daily News reported. 
 
 The paper said a three-man board denied parole for an unspecified reason earlier this week. He'll be eligible again in two years. There had been earlier reports by the paper that five letters recommending Chapman's parole this year had been received by the board. But the paper also said Lennon's widow Yoko Ono had written the board opposing it. 
 
 In 2014 at his last hearing, Chapman claimed to have found Jesus and said he was an “idiot” for killing Lennon, according to CNN. He also said he was “confused” and “needed a lot of attention at that time, and I took it out on him." 
 
 Chapman shot the former Beatle in front of his home at the Dakota in New York City on Dec. 8, 1980, as Lennon was returning from a recording session with Ono. He was taken to Roosevelt Hospital, but was dead on arrival, according to a report by ABC News. A memorial that was attended by thousands of fans was held Dec. 14, at which Ono requested 10 minutes of silence be observed. 
 
 Strawberry Fields, a tribute to Lennon in the city's Central Park, was opened in 1985. Ono has a website, Imagine Peace, dedicated to him. 
 
 This story first appeared on Billboard.com.
– The man who murdered John Lennon will remain behind bars after his 10th unsuccessful parole hearing, reports the Daily News. Mark David Chapman, now 63, was turned down again this week. No reasons have yet been made public, but the newspaper reports that Yoko Ono sent the parole board a letter asking that Chapman remain in the Wende Correctional Facility in upstate New York—not only for the safety of her and her family, but for his own safety. Chapman, who shot Lennon in New York City in 1980, is up again for parole in about two years. Chapman's wife recently told the UK Mirror that he talked of killing Lennon two months before actually doing so.