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John Lennon's killer is up for parole for 10th time

The now 63-year-old Chapman is serving 20-years-to-life in the Wende Correctional Facility in Alden.
ohn Lennon (L) and his wife Yoko Ono receive journalists 25 March 1969 in the bedroom of the Hilton hotel suite in Amsterdam, during their honeymoon in Europe. (Photo credit :FILES/AFP/Getty Images)

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The man who killed John Lennon is up for parole again.

Mark David Chapman is scheduled to go before New York's parole board next week, in what will be his 10th attempt to win release. A decision is expected within two weeks of the parole hearing.

The now 63-year-old Chapman is serving 20-years-to-life in the Wende Correctional Facility in Alden. He shot and killed the former Beatle outside his Manhattan apartment on Dec. 8, 1980.

The state Board of Parole last denied parole to Chapman two years ago.

In that decision, the board noted that Chapman has since described the murder as "selfish and evil." It determined that Chapman should remain behind bars, in part because of the premeditated and "celebrity-seeking" nature of the crime.

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