Give Peace A Chance-Release Mark Chapman

[jimbob007]

Was given 20 years, yet has been locked up for over 42 years & denied parole a dozen times-simply because of the fame of his victim.

[GarfieldTheCat]

I don't really care if cold blooded murderers never get released from prison. That's where they belong permanently for such an atrocious action.

[nikeoneplatinum]

Does his victim get a second chance?

[ChunkBuster]

It’s time to give him the electric chair.

[jimbob007]

Does his victim get a second chance?

Do the victims of those that have been released because they killed regular members of the public that weren't famous? His last parole hearing last year made it obvious they are keeping him in not for any valid reason, but because he killed somebody famous & there is still moral outrage from the public. Again, if he had killed John Smith from New York, he would have been out in 2000/2001.

The worldwide impact of your crime resonates such as to evoke images, memories and emotions internationally.

[jimbob007]

I don't really care if cold blooded murderers never get released from prison. That's where they belong permanently for such an atrocious action.

But why is there one rule for killing famous people & cops & another for killing everybody else?

[jimbob007]

It’s time to give him the electric chair.

The guy made a mistake-give him a chance to get Yoko & redeem himself.

[ballzaak]

2 things.

1. Murder is bad and the sentence should be the same across the board regardless of fame.
2. John Lennon can't get a second chance. John Lennon also funded terrorism. Do those victims get a second chance?

Let's dispense with this fiction that Lennon was a big ol' sweetie who only wanted peace, love, and music. He abandoned his son, abused his wife, gave money to killers, and promoted drugs abuse. All the same, see point one.

[GarfieldTheCat]

2 things.

1. Murder is bad and the sentence should be the same across the board regardless of fame.
2. John Lennon can't get a second chance. John Lennon also funded terrorism. Do those victims get a second chance?

Let's dispense with this fiction that Lennon was a big ol' sweetie who only wanted peace, love, and music. He abandoned his son, abused his wife, gave money to killers, and promoted drugs abuse. All the same, see point one.

You could argue that John Lennon was a semi-psycho, and certainly not a very good person beyond the image he portrayed in some of his music. As you said though, the murderer still deserves to rot in prison for life regardless. I'd say the same thing if he had done it to a homeless person.

[samsbolton]

Was given 20 years, yet has been locked up for over 42 years & denied parole a dozen times-simply because of the fame of his victim.

Completely agree

But only because chances are good a Lennon nut will administer death by torture

[crupiea]

He was crazy when he committed the crime.

he has spent the past years hanging around crazy people.

So why would we think that magically he is the one who is not crazy?

[jimbob007]

He was crazy when he committed the crime.

he has spent the past years hanging around crazy people.

So why would we think that magically he is the one who is not crazy?

Being crazy is not a crime. Every parole hearing he has had they cite the immense worldwide harm & deprivation his crime has caused. It is lame, irrelevant & not a reason for keeping somebody locked up forever. Like I said if he had killed some random person he would have been out at his first hearing in 2000, or in 2001 when his sentence expired.