Mark David Chapman

Mark David Chapman said the decision to kill the former Beatle was “my big answer to everything. I wasn’t going to be a nobody, anymore.”
This marks the 12th time Mark David Chapman has been up for parole since killing the legendary Beatle in December, 1980.
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr posted tributes marking the 40th anniversary of the rock legend's death.
Mark David Chapman, 65, is serving a 20-years-to-life sentence for the 1980 murder of the legendary Beatle.
Chapman “executed the murder of a world-famous person for no reason other than to gain notoriety,” New York’s parole board said in its decision.
The 61-year-old is serving a sentence of 20 years to life for the former Beatle's 1980 murder.