Okay, I know I’m gonna come across as a bad guy, but Mark David C…
Okay, I know I’m gonna come across as a bad guy, but Mark David Chapman did NOT want to kill Lennon. He was a schizophrenic, and a maniac, and he shows remorse for what he’s done. He was not the one who killed Lennon, it was the voices in his head.
Now, this doesn’t make it okay, not by any stretch. You kill a guy, you’ve gotta face the consequences. But I feel sorry for the guy. He was not in full control of himself at the time.
From the wikipedia article: “At the 50-minute hearing in 2000, Chapman stated that he was not a danger to society and had overcome the psychological problems that he had at the time of the murder. He also stated that, as a conservative, he believed he did not deserve to be free. He also spoke about regret for the effect on Yoko Ono.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_David_Chapman