- Mark David Chapman is an American prison inmate who murdered musician John Lennon on December 8, 1980
| Born: | 10 May 1955 Comment | | How old is Mark David Chapman in 2024? / Age: | 68 years
| | Zodiac sign: | Taurus |
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Mark David Chapman facts
- Chapman shot Lennon outside The Dakota apartment building in Manhattan
- Chapman fired at Lennon five times, hitting him four times in the back
- Chapman remained at the crime scene and began reading J
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- Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye until the police arrived and arrested him
- He repeatedly said that the novel was his statement
- Chapman's legal team intended to mount an insanity defense based on expert testimony that he was in a delusional psychotic state at the time of the killing
- As the trial approached, Chapman instructed his lawyers that he wanted to plead guilty, based on what he had decided was the will of God
- The judge allowed the plea change without further psychiatric assessment after Chapman denied hearing voices, and sentenced him to a prison term of 20 years to life with a stipulation that mental health treatment be provided
- Chapman has been imprisoned since the murder and has been denied parole nine times amidst campaigns (most notably by Yoko Ono) against his release
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