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It is stated twice in the article that 6 psychiatrists found MDC to be psychotic and 3 declared him to not meet the legal definition thereof. If anyone reads the whole article, it really serves no purpose to say the exact same thing twice.Alfred (talk) 10:17, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Religious affiliation

The following text has been added and removed from the early life section repeatedly:

"At age 16, Chapman became a born-again Christian, and distributed Bible tracts. He met his first girlfriend, another born-again Christian named Jessica Blankenship."

Could we possibly discuss this here and reach some sort of consensus rather than constantly edit warring? I'm not familiar enough with Chapman's case to be able to judge but I would imagine this information would be relatively verifiable one way or the other. ElijahOmega (talk) 13:12, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The information is sourced and thus it is verifiable. Editors who want it removed should discuss the change here. So far, those removing it have left no edit summaries or comments here so we do not know why they want it removed. — John Cardinal (talk) 16:09, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake in the number of Parole attempts?

I found this while reading under the Parole subtitle: Chapman has been denied parole five times, by a three-member board, in closed hearings lasting less than an hour, in October 2000, October 2002, October 2004, October 2006, August 2008, and February 2010. So, has he been denied five or six times??? 190.234.253.3 (talk) 05:27, 25 February 2010 (UTC)Arturo[reply]

Second degree murder instead of first?

Why was he charged/convicted of second degree murder instead of first when he planned it months in advance? TomCat4680 (talk) 05:16, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia page on murder in the United States outlines New York state's classification scheme for degrees of murder. SweetNightmares (talk) 17:24, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is no way that this man was Autistic.

I think that clearly this man did not have severe Autism. I am kind of offended that someone would say that this murderer was autistic. It's offensive to everyone with any type of Autism, high or low functioning. I have high functioning Autism.

By the way this is written, I can say that there is no way that this man had Autism. In fact, because of that, I question the entire factuality of this article.

75.73.198.215 (talk) 00:46, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 :[[Murder_%28United_States_law%29#Degrees_of_murder_in_the_United_States|The Wikipedia page on murder in the United States]] outlines New York state's classification scheme for degrees of murder. [[User:SweetNightmares|SweetNightmares]] ([[User talk:SweetNightmares|talk]]) 17:24, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
+==There is no way that this man was Autistic.==
+I think that clearly this man did not have severe Autism.  I am kind of offended that someone would say that this murderer was autistic.  It's offensive to everyone with any type of Autism, high or low functioning.  I have high functioning Autism.
+By the way this is written, I can say that there is no way that this man had Autism.  In fact, because of that, I question the entire factuality of this article.
+[[Special:Contributions/75.73.198.215|75.73.198.215]] ([[User talk:75.73.198.215|talk]]) 00:46, 8 December 2010 (UTC)