Mark David Chapman, is a real son of a bitch who killed John Winston (Ono) Lennon on December 8, 1980 in front of John and Yoko Ono's apartment building, the Dakota, across from Central Park in New york City.

The rat bastard Chapman shot Lennon four times in the back. He stayed there like a douche bag holding a copy of "Catcher In The Rye" and leaning against the building until the cops cuffed him.

He changed his plea from innocent by reason of insanity to guity of 2nd degree murder and got a sentence of 20 years to life.

As of this writing (January 5, 2009) he has never gotten a parole because Yoko and others have opposed it. He is still even now rotting in Attica State Prison in New York State.
He has had 5 parole hearings and the next will be in 2010.

So now that it's too late and we will never have John Lennon back again the anal sphincter decided to say he knows that he did wrong.

He was holding a copy of the book "A Catcher In The Rye" when he murdered Lennon.

After his arrest, he wrote a letter to the media. In the letter he wanted everyone to read the "extraordinary book" that may "help many to understand what has happened."
He has said essentially that his statement for his actions are revealed in "A Catcher In The Rye".

I suspect that he helped to sell an awful lot of copies of the book after saying that. If you read the book you'll find that you can't rationally make a connection with the text of the book and the idea to kill John Lennon. Chapman was just a bad guy.
In his statement to police three hours later, Chapman stated, "I’m sure the large part of me is Holden Caulfield, who is the main person in the book. The small part of me must be the Devil"

The picture on the right was taken the same day by photographer Paul Goresh as John Lennon autographed an album (Double Fantasy) for Mark David Chapman who killed him later that day as John returned home from the Record Plant recording studio.

I am all wound up and pissed off about this because I have just finished reading the latest biography about John Lennon written by Phillip Normand. A good read - over 800 pages. I have been wishing that I had met John when I had the chance. Think about the idea that John could have written so many more great songs.