A maximum security prison in Alden, New York will be the scene this week for the seventh parole hearing for Mark David Chapman, the man that murdered John Lennon.  Chapman reportedly told the parole board during his hearing two years ago that he shot Lennon because he '...wasn't thinking clearly' and believed that his act would help him '...become somebody'.  Chapman, apparently found religion during recent years of his incarceration,  characterized his actions as the result of '...a horrible decision to end another human being's life, for reasons of selfishness', adding he only '...became a murderer and murderers are not somebodies.'
The parole board in 2010 concluded that Chapman's release '...remains inappropriate ...and incompatible with the welfare of the community.'
BBC.co.uk

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