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Police feared that Lennon fans might storm the hospital, so they transferred Chapman to Rikers Island for his personal safety.

August 24, 2019
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New York State Department of Corrections mug shot of Chapman, 2018 - Wikipedia

1981:  Lennon’s killer faces the music

A Manhattan Supreme Court judge jails Mark David Chapman for 20 years to life for shooting dead John Lennon in December 1980.

Lennon autographing a copy of Double Fantasy for Chapman, six hours before the killing. Photo taken by Paul Goresh – Wikipedia

Against his lawyer’s wishes, Chapman had withdrawn his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, saying God had ordered him to confess.

The Dakota, Lennon’s residence and the location of the killing – Wikipedia

Judge Edwards refused please of clemency and ordered that Chapman receives treatment.

Lennon in 1980, shortly before his death – Wikipedia
Most notable historic snippets or facts extracted from the book ‘On This Day’ first published in 1992 by Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, London, as well as additional supplementary information extracted from Wikipedia.

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August 24, 2019
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