Former judge sentenced to life in prison for killing ex-wife
CLEVELAND — A former county judge in Cleveland who fatally stabbed his ex-wife has been sentenced to life in prison with a possibility for parole after 35 years.
In a lengthy and rambling statement before sentencing Thursday at the courthouse where he once presided, 52-year-old Lance Mason apologized for the slaying of Aisha Fraser in November 2018 and asked for forgiveness.
Mason stabbed the 45-year-old Fraser in the driveway of his sister’s Shaker Heights home as Fraser dropped off one of their two daughters for a visit. He pleaded guilty last month to aggravated murder and other charges.
Fraser’s mother, Millicent Fraser, called Mason a monster who had shown no remorse.
A prosecutor had asked the visiting judge to give Mason a life sentence with no chance for parole.