New
York
(ANI):
John
Lennon's
killer
has
been
denied
parole
for
a
fifth
time
because
of
the
premeditated
nature
of
his
killing
of
the
former
Beatle
on
Dec.
8,
1980.
A
two-member
Parole
Board
panel
denied
Mark
Chapman's
plea
to
be
let
go,
indicating
that
he
had
actually
planned
to
kill
the
legendary
musician.
In
its
decision,
the
panel
cited
that
Chapman
made
two
Hawaii
trips
for
killing
Lennon.
And
it
was
in
his
second
visit
that
he
killed
Lennon,
by
firing
five
shots
at
the
singer
as
he
returned
home
from
a
recording
session
and
fatally
striking
him
four
times.
"Your
conduct
thus
precipitated
a
horrendously
tragic
event
which
has
impacted
many
individuals," The
New
York
Daily
News
quoted
the
panel,
as
writing
in
its
decision.
It
added:
"Your
discretionary
release,
at
this
time,
would
thus
not
be
compatible
with
the
welfare
of
society
at
large
and
would
tend
to
deprecate
the
seriousness
of
the
instant
officense,
and
undermine
respect
for
the
law."
While
the
panel
considered
Chapman''s
clean
prison
record
since
1994
and
his
"positive
institutional
adjustment,"
it
said
that
this
wasn"t
enough
to
ignore
the
fact
that
he
carried
out
Lennon's
murder
"with
an
essentially
clear
mind."
Currently
Chapman
is
serving
a
20-years
life
sentence
in
Attica
Correctional
Facility,
and
will
next
be
eligible
for
release
in
two
years.