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On December 8th, 1980, Former Beatle John Lennon was Assassinated by Mark David Chapman outside of The Dakota apartment building in New York City. Chapman was arrested and charged with Lennon's murder and originally pleaded Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity, but later decided to plead Guilty and was sentenced to Life Imprisonment with the possibility of parole within 20 years. What if Chapman did not plead Guilty and instead stuck by his insanity plea, went to trial, and at trial the jury had found him Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity? How would the public react? Would Chapman ever be released from the mental institution? Would this verdict butterfly away John Hinckley Jr. being found Not Guilty by reason of insanity?
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