John Lennon people attended the "John Sinclair Freedom Rally", a protest and benefit concert with contributions from Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger, Bobby Seale of the Black Panther Party, and others. Lennon and Ono, backed by David Peel and Rubin, performed an acoustic set of four songs from their forthcoming "Some Time in New York City" album including "John Sinclair", whose lyrics called for his release. The day before the rally, the Michigan Senate passed a bill that significantly reduced the penalties for possession of marijuana and four days later Sinclair was released on an appeal bond. The performance was recorded and
The Killing of John Lennon The Killing of John Lennon The Killing of John Lennon is a 2006 British biographical drama film about Mark David Chapman's plot to kill musician John Lennon. The film was written and directed by Andrew Piddington and stars Jonas Ball, Robert C. Kirk and Thomas A. McMahon. British-produced, it was not released in the United States until 2008 and received much less attention than the similarly themed American-produced independent film "Chapter 27" produced in 2007. While "Chapter 27" deals almost wholly with the actions of Mark Chapman during the three days before his murder of Lennon, this film chronicles his