Mark Chapman became eligible for parole in 2000, and has applied unsuccessfully for release every two years since. Photo / Getty Images
After 33 years in jail, Mark Chapman is still rated a danger The man who killed Beatle John Lennon has been denied parole for an eighth time after being deemed likely to offend again.
Mark Chapman was sent to jail in 1981 for 20 years to life for shooting Lennon five times on December 8, 1980.
The singer-songwriter had been walking with
his wife, Yoko Ono, to their Central Park apartment building in New York when he was killed.
The New York State Board of Parole told Chapman that it had "determined that if released at this time, there is a reasonable probability that you would not live and remain at liberty without again violating the law", according to a statement released by state prison authorities.
