John Lennon's killer denied parole for an 11th time

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John Lennon's killer denied parole for an 11th time

Published Wednesday, August 26, 2020 3:53PM EDT

This Jan. 31, 2018, file photo, provided by the New York State Department of Corrections, shows Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon on Dec. 8, 1980. Chapman told a parole board in August 2018, when the New York state Board of Parole denied his release, that he feels "more and more shame" every year for his crime. A transcript of the hearing was released Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 by prison officials. (New York State Department of Corrections via AP, File)

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment in 1980 was denied parole for an 11th time, state corrections officials said Wednesday.

Mark David Chapman was denied after being interviewed by a parole board Aug. 19, according to corrections officials. Chapman, 65, is serving a 20-years-to-life sentence at Wende Correctional Facility, east of Buffalo.

Chapman shot and killed the former Beatle on the night of Dec. 8, 1980, hours after Lennon autographed an album for him. He has said previously that he feels "more and more shame" every year for the crime.

"I was too far in," Chapman told a parole board in 2018. "I do remember having the thought of, `Hey, you have got the album now. Look at this, he signed it, just go home.' But there was no way I was just going to go home."

Chapman's next parole hearing is scheduled for August 2022.