LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Mark Chapman sentenced - Lawyer claims insanity

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

25 Aug 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:01:40

Description

The unidentified lawyer of Mark Chapman (poss. Jonathan Marks) tells a press conference that he believes Chapman to be clinically insane, following Chapman’s sentencing to 20 years’ imprisonment for the murder of John Lennon. Male and female journalists not identified.

Contributors

Jonathan Marks?

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Death; Crime; Homicide; Mental health; Imprisonment; Mental diseases; John Lennon; Sentencing; Insanity; Psychoses; Mark Chapman

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