Killer singer John Lennon, one of four legendary Beatles, the sixth time in a petition for release from prison, special treatment in the U.S. state of New York. 55-year-old Mark Chapman on August 10 should be brought before a special commission dealing with cases of a few dozen prisoners seeking release.
In July 2010 the widow of John Lennon and Yoko Ono for the sixth time opposed the release of Mark Chapman, sending a letter to the commission. She stated that she was afraid for his own safety and the safety of relatives in the event that the murderer of her husband be released, according to Interfax.
Mark Chapman shot John Lennon outside his home in Manhattan in December 1980, asking the first singer to sign on his plate. The murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment with the right to appeal in 20 years.
Incidentally, in 2002, media corporations BBC conducted a survey to determine the one hundred greatest Britons of all time. John Lennon took the list in eighth place. In addition to his musical activities, and Lennon was a political activist: he preached the idea of equality and human brotherhood, peace and freedom. That made him the idol of the hippie and one of the most significant public figures of 1960-1970 years.
By coincidence, Mark Chapman in prison, which is dedicated to John Lennon song. Composition Attica State came out in 1972 on the album Some Time In New York City. This was the fifth joint album of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Song of Attica State Lennon devoted to the violent repression of revolt of prisoners in jail in 1971.Nearly ten years later,in 1981,Mark Chapman was sentenced to life term of sentence in prison.Shortly after the conclusion of Chapman escaped, but a month later was caught.
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