More than 30 years after assassinating John Lennon, Mark Chapman says he has found new life in Jesus while apologizing for “choosing the wrong way to glory”.
But as the killer was denied parole parole for the eighth time last week he could not help boast about the “incredible" way in which he carried out the murder of the Beatle.
Chapman fired five shots on December 8, 1980, outside the Dakota apartment house where Lennon lived on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, striking the ex-Beatle four times.
Last week, he told the parole board members that he would understand if they denied him release based solely on the number of people he hurt.
“Many, many people loved him. He was a great and talented man and they are still hurting,” Chapman, 59, said. “I get letters so that’s a major factor. It’s not a regular crime.”
Chapman, who is at the Wende Correctional Facility, east of Buffalo, can try again for release in two years.
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