Mark David Chapman has been denied parole for at least two more years for the murder of John Lennon on December 8, 1980. The parole board members issued a one-page decision keeping the man before bars "due to concern for the public safety and welfare."
Chapman fired five bullets hitting Lennon four times outside of the apartment that the Beatles singer shared with wife Yoko Ono in New York City. Ono was with Lennon at the time of the shooting.
Chapman first came up for parole in 2000 after serving 20 years at New York's Attica Correctional Facility. He was denied then and at each of the parole hearing that have taken place every two years since.
Ono did not write to the parole board this time around to argue against Chapman's release. She has in the past though urged the parole board to keep her husband's killer behind bars.
"She was very pleased at the division of parole's decision," said her lawyer, Peter Shukat. He declined to comment further.
Chapman will have another appearance before the parole board August 2010.
John Lennon's Killer Will Not Be Paroled This Year
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