Mark David Chapman, the man who murdered the legendary musician John Lennon, was just denied parole for the 11th time.

Fox News reported that Chapman, 65, was denied parole after being interviewed by a parole board on August 19. He is currently serving a 20-years-to-life sentence at the Wende Correctional Facility in New York.

Chapman fatally shot the former Beatles star outside his apartment in Manhattan on December 8, 1980. Lennon had autographed an album for Chapman, who was 25 at the time, just hours before.

During his parole hearing back in 2018, Chapman said that he feels “more and more shame” about the crime with every year that goes by. He recalled that he felt an internal “tug of war” over whether to go through with the shooting before he actually carried it out.

“I was too far in,” Chapman told the parole board. “I do remember having the thought of, ‘Hey, you… 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 was arrested by police for the murder after they found him nearby reading the book “The Catcher In The Rye.”

“Thirty years ago I couldn’t say I felt shame and I know what shame is now,” he added. “It’s where you cover your face… you don’t want to ask for anything.”

When rejecting his parole request in 2018, the board wrote that wrote that Chapman’s release could present a public safety issue since “someone may attempt or succeed in harming you out of anger and or revenge, or for the same reason that you did John Lennon, to assume notoriety.”

The New York Daily News reported that Yoko Ono, Lennon’s widow, has fought tirelessly against Chapman’s release. She’s argued that him being set free would make her fear for her own safety as well that of Julian and Sean, Lennon’s two sons.

Chapman has previously claimed that he has found Jesus in prison, and that he’s willing to pay for his crime behind bars “however long it takes, forever.”

Chapman’s will next be up for parole in August of 2022.

This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.

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