Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Lennon killer gets 20 years Olife my reads passage from the Catcher in the Rye to explain his bizarre world by Joyce Walter the Washington Post York in a court hearing that gave a detailed look into the bizarre world of a troubled Mark David who earlier this summer pleaded guilty to the murder of John was sentenced to 20 years Olife in prison there was no response to the sentence from who has said repeatedly that satan told him to kill the Rock Pale and wearing a Bulky bulletproof fest that was clearly outlined beneath a Short sleeved prison Chapman sat in he clutched a red ack copy of the Catcher in the Rye a would Book he had in his Possession the night of the shooting last a Book which he feels tens his but when asked if he had anything to he Rose quickly and calmly and said politely that he wished to read a Brief passage from fhe Catcher in the a he that would be his final spoken the passage that followed seemed to be an attempt at moral just Ifica Chapmans vision of he had shot Lennon four times at Point handcuffed John Hinckley Centre surrounded by Federal Hinckley indicted on attempt to kill Reagan Chicago Sun times Washington John Hinckley whose crush on a teenage actress May have goaded him to was indicted by a Federal grand jury yesterday in the at tempted assassination of president the 13count indictment also accused son of a wealthy of wounding two Lawen for Cement officers and White House press Secretary James Brady in the shoot Ings outside the Hilton if Hinckley could spend the rest of his life in on March within the District of John Hinckley did attempt to kill Ronald Rea Gan by shooting him with a read the first count of the fou Page Hinckley infatuation with actress Jody Foster and his desire to perform an act that would capture her at Tention have been Given As a possible motive for the which left Reagan with a lung wound and Brady with serious head secret service agent thy Mccarthy was hit in the Abdomen and washing policeman Thomas Delahanty was hit in the Hinckley mental state at the time of the shooting and his sanity Are Likely to be Central to his Al though his Mem Bers of the prestigious Washington firm headed by Edward Bennett said in a no decision has been made re Garding the basis of Hinckley when this decision has been reached it will be communicated to the the indictment accused Hinckley of violations of fed eral and District of Columbia Law in connection with the wounding of the four including the local charge of carrying a concealed weapon without a License and using a firearm in an at tempt to kill the a violation of Federal the Federal charge of at tempting to kill the president and four local charges of assault with intent to kill while armed each carry a maximum term of life in there was no comment from the White jus Tice department spokesman Thomas Decair said he could not estimate when the Case might come to Hinckley was being held under tight Security in the Brig at the Marine base outside Wash in Hinckley Par John and issued a statement we will be grateful when this tragic episode is finally we Pray that Only the innocent individuals injured in this misfortune re cover but that the Best result is obtained for our troubled son As we love him and will continue to stand by correction Simpsons ears re Sears first to then to school circular in Page item reads bars per should read 14 bars Vve sincerely regret any inconvenience to our correction Simpsons ears re Sears 99f Day and in housewares Stern in the column read ther should have read Alad thermos we sincerely regret any inconvenience to our correction Simpsons ears re Sears first to then to school circular in mondays the boys Slacks on Page 5 Are not available in Plack or the following items have been delayed due to shipping How orders will be taken Page item girls Page item girls knee we sincerely regret any inconvenience to our Dominion stores Croft Lotf on notice we apologize the following item were incorrectly advertised in our Dominion stores flyer of August and Adof August should have read Burns Spork Uwon Momut presently reaps Burns pork lunch Neon meat tin now tin How Canada 1 Grade Ireen canape Canada 1 Grade cum yellow or Almond royals color print papa towels 2 Roll package now while and yellow color print fake towels z Roll package How Vve sincerely regret any inconvenience or misunderstanding this error May have caused thank you for shopping at Dominion Blank Range As protector of the weak and t twp picturing All these Little kids playing some game in this big Field of Rye and he thousand of Little arid nobody around t mean except and in standing on the Edge of some crazy what t have to 1 have to catch everybody if they Start to go Over the Cliff t mean if there running and they dont look going that All id do All Day a former Security guard in Hawaii with a history of mental Chapman had pleaded guilty to killing Lennon outside the fashionable new York apartment building where the 40yearold former Fie atle that in state supreme court this was made Over the objections of four tap pointed attorney Jonathan who had counselled Chapman to plead innocent by reason of advice was Chapman told Justice Dennis Edwards in a closed told him to plead yesterday in state supreme Marks once again tried to have that guilty plea dismissed and requested new psychiatric tests for judge Edwards refused that say in that Chapman was aware of his the defendant has i intend to kill John the judge when asked Why he used hollow he to ensure John Lennon there is no doubt in the courts mind that he is calculated assistant District attorney Allen in his summary also insisted that Chapman had been aware of his actions that in fact he had decided to kill Lennon in a calculated plan in order to draw attention to to gain in a sense it was a Media he planned his crime so he would gain Public said As he called on the court for a maximum he wanted is what he got Hes received attention beyond his wildest imagination he wanted to be to be no defence attorney Marks while stating that Chapman was not a sane Man and a very dangerous Marks asked that the court show mercy and that Chapman receive psychiatric irony of this ease is that 1 dont believe that Chapman understands Why he is Here i dont believe that he understands the charges against prior to the the court was Given vivid testimony of Chapmans Condi Tion by two defence both agreed that Chapman was and Daniel a forensic psychiatrist who had examined Chapman six diagnosed Chapman As a paranoid schizophrenic and narcissistic personality who was also delusional and suffered Galluci he painted a detailed picture of Chapmans a world filled with gods and demons in which Chapman ruled Over an imaginary kingdom of Little very much a loner Schwartz said Chapman had lived in this imaginary world since the age of it or he had difficulty with socializing or relaxing with his said he was very much a loner and so he invented a world of imaginary Little in which he imagined himself a grandiose told i had control of their they worshipped me like a he also likened his position to that of men and Chapmans imaginary said the pay was very real to a Way of discharging any aggressive feelings he had he never Learned to Deal with his feelings of anger or in Chapman could wreak havoc on his kingdom when displeased As a Benevo Lent Reward his people with Rock by the time he reached High his fantasy world at that though the Little people still Chap Man Felt his brain had become three com that computer world was re placed with yet another filled with an imaginary the psychiatrist testified that Chapmans moods could change very quickly and that he had had several major depressive Epi he also said that Chapman had no real control Over his and that Chap Man believed forces outside of him deter mined his he told me he didst just believe in he knew said the pay he said there had been 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