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NEVER be mentioned, except to warn us that he might be let out or tell us the good news that he will stay locked up.

This is gun culture.

I thought you might be suicidal over the Apple news today.

(With something other than a gun, of course)

is sorry. At. all.

As someone else mentioned, I'll not mention this person's name. He took away one of the greatest musicians, and one of the greatest people, the world has ever known.

have atoned for his murdering another human being and released, wouldn't that be the true intention of a "correctional system"?

(As an aside: Think how easy it is to sentence an innocent person to prison for life than it is to sentence him to death. Think of how many innocent life prisoners pled down from a Capital charge.)

At some point Mark Chapman should be released from prison because enough time is enough time. Particularly because he was crazy as opposed to criminal.

I'm okay with letting him live out his life there vs. chancing him seeking a final bit of deadly attention.

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Is getting out of jail this week, after 3 months in prison.

Free all the prisoners everywhere, all they want is truth and justice, all they need is love and care. - John Lennon

The man was suffering from a now-treated mental illness, shuns the media, and is by all accounts genuinely rehabilitated and shows contrition for his actions. Somehow, I don't think that Lennon would agree with those who want this guy locked away forever as some sort of revenge.

The only rational purpose for prisons is to restrain those who are violent and a danger to our communities, while we treat them and help them to change their behavior so they can return to society. Hating Chapman, and punishing him as an extension of that hatred, is missing the great message that Lennon delivered to us: Love is the answer. Hatred, anger and revenge are anathema to his message, and are counter to his mission.

Lennon would want the world to forgive.

I think that's valid, considering the nature of his crime. There are an awful lot of people who are non-compliant with their meds. She's 83 and won't live forever. Perhaps after she dies, Sean will feel differently about his release.

releasing all the prisoners. Some people are in prison because they did some terrible things. MS-13 doesn't want truth or justice. Someone that stabs someone to death over a card game doesn't need love and care.

If he doesn't like prison, he should have thought of that before murdering someone. Simple...

Mental illness is a thing.

I don't know enough about Chapman to know whether he deserves to be freed, but I have no doubt that some people can be rehabilitated.

I also know a lot of people with mental illness who don't engage in criminal activity.

after the Beatles reunite and play Carnegie Hall!

May he rot in prison.