Georgiansilver:
               John Lennon was killed on either the eighth or ninth of December 1980, depending on whether you were in Britain or America when you heard the news. The killing happened almost two months to the day after his fortieth birthday.
       I still feel that shock and bewilderment when I think of the pointlessness of his death.
       I may upset some people by saying this, but I also regret that the man who shot him, who was mentally ill at the time of the killing, is still incarcerated. I think twenty four years loss of freedom is enough retribution. I can't imagine John Lennon (who was no saint himself) being so lacking in compassion.