8/18/2008

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Transcripts from Mark Chapman's Parole Hearing last week were released today, quoting him as having shame for his actions.

Jessica Mccumber

Mark David Chapman, better known as the man who shot John Lennon, told the Parole Board last week that he feels ashamed that he killed the legendary artist, reports NME.com.  
  
Transcripts from Chapman's parole hearing last week were reportedly released today and quote him as saying, "I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is. I have changed a lot."  
  
Chapman also said, "I recognized that that 25-year-old man, I don't think he really appreciated the life that he was taking, that this was a human being."  
  
It has been 27 years since that fateful day in 1980 when Chapman shot the beloved former Beatle to death in Manhattan, and Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.  
  
Reportedly, this denial is the fifth denial for Chapman since 2000, as the board decided again not to release him, worrying that he could still pose a danger to society.  
  
While it may help fans to know that Chapman was denied parole again, he will be in court again before the Parole Board in August of 2010.