John Lennon's Murderer

We live in a society that has forgotten the meaning of justice. The word has been twisted by contemporary society from meaning administration of deserved punishment to "rehabilitation." A prison is no longer a place of punishment for guilty criminals, but a "correctional" facility.

Take for instance the killer of John Lennon, Mark David Chapman. He comes up for possible parole this year, just months before the 30th anniversary of the former Beatle's death:

Chapman, 55, is serving a sentence o...