When will Mark David Chapman be set free?
For the fifth time, Mark David Chapman, who got worldwide notoriety for gunning down John Lennon outside the ex-Beatle’s Manhattan apartment in 1980, has been denied parole. During Champan’s appearance last Tuesday, parole members stated in a one-page decision that although Champan had a clean disciplinary record since 1994, his release “would not be in the best interest of the community.” Basically, he hasn’t been able to score a clean bill of freedom as he is still deemed “a threat to society.” Which brings to mind the influence of J.D. Salinger’s 1951 novel “Catcher in the Rye”. Chapman admitted to have carried it with him soon after the shooting. John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to assasinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was reported to had been obsessed with the book. So was Robert John Bardo, when he killed Roberta Schaeffer in her apartment in 1989. How about Winona Ryder, who, during that forgettable shopping incident, reportedly had a copy her “favorite book” during the ti
