John Lennon's killer denied parole for the 11th time

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Timeline
1971-1975 - Works on and off as a YMCA counselor.
1977 - Purchases a one-way ticket and flies to Hawaii. Attempts suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. Once recovered, Chapman takes a job at the hospital where he received treatment.
1978 - Embarks on an around-the-world trip.
1979 - Marries Gloria Abe, the travel agent who helped plan his around-the-world trip. Chapman then quits his job at the hospital and takes a job as a security guard.
1980 - Reads a book on Lennon and becomes enraged that Lennon has so much money.
October 23, 1980 - Quits his job as a security guard, signs himself out as "John Lennon."
October 27, 1980 - Purchases a .38 caliber revolver.
October 30, 1980 - Flies to New York. He is unable to purchase bullets, so he flies to Atlanta to acquire them, then goes back to New York. His wife convinces him to return home to Hawaii.
December 6, 1980 - Returns to New York.
December 8, 1980 - Spends entire day outside the Dakota, the Central Park West apartment building in Manhattan where Lennon and his family live. Meets Lennon's 5-year-old son, Sean, with his nanny and shakes hands with him. Encounters Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, as they are leaving their apartment. Lennon signs a copy of his recently released "Double Fantasy" album for Chapman. Chapman remains outside the Dakota until Lennon and Ono return home. Chapman shoots Lennon in the back four times with a .38 caliber revolver. Chapman makes no attempt to flee; he is disarmed by the doorman. When police arrive, Chapman is reading "The Catcher in the Rye," by J.D. Salinger. Lennon is pronounced dead at Roosevelt Hospital.
December 9, 1980 - Chapman is arraigned on charges of second-degree murder. Following the arraignment, he is taken to Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric evaluation and placed under suicide watch.
June 22, 1981 - Chapman's legal defense prepares to argue an insanity defense but Chapman pleads guilty saying that he received a message from God telling him to do so.

August 24, 1981 - Judge Dennis Edwards sentences Chapman to 20 years to life in prison and recommends Chapman undergo psychiatric treatment. Just prior to sentencing, Chapman reads a passage from "The Catcher in the Rye."
2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 - Denied parole.