Editing Lance Mason

{{Villain Infobox
|Image = Lance Mason.jpg
|fullname = Lance Timothy Mason
|origin = Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States 
|occupation = Politician (formerly)<br>Judge (formerly)<br>Prison inmate (currently)
|goals = Kill his ex-wife <small>(succeeded)</small><br>Escape the police <small>(failed)</small>
|crimes = [[Domestic Abuse]]<br>[[Murder]]<br>Vehicular assault<br>Grand theft auto
|type of villain = Abusive Corrupt Official}}
'''Lance Timothy Mason''' (born August 26, 1967) is a former Ohio government official and judge currently serving a life sentence for the 2018 [[murder]] of his ex-wife Aisha Fraser.<ref name = murder></ref> He will be eligible for parole in 2054.<ref>[https://www.cleveland19.com/2019/09/12/former-cuyahoga-county-judge-lance-mason-sentenced-brutally-killing-ex-wife-shaker-heights/ 'What a monster you are’: Former judge Lance Mason will be parole eligible after 35 years for brutally killing ex-wife Aisha Fraser], ''Cleveland 19''</ref>
==Biography==
Mason served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2002 to 2006 as a Democrat, first from the 11th District and then the 8th. His tenure in the House of Representatives ended with his being appointed Assistant Minority Whip. He also served as an aide for US Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones and an assistant prosecuting attorney.

Following his serving in the House, Mason was elected to the State Senate for the 25th District, which he served in until December 31, 2008, when the state's governor Ted Strickland appointed him as a judge to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.<ref>[https://www.cleveland.com/openers/2008/08/sen_lance_mason_to_become_cuya.html Sen. Lance Mason to become Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judge], ''The Plain Dealer''</ref>

However, Mason ran into controversy when he was arrested on August 2, 2014. Having entered into divorce proceedings with his wife Aisha Fraser the previous year, Mason assaulted her and beat her up. According to a police report, Mason punched his wife in the face over twenty times, bit and choked her and slammed her head into their car's central console. The attack left her with a fractured orbital bone and severe facial lacerations. Mason pleaded guilty to felonious assault and was suspended from practicing law; a court later sentenced him to two years in prison. He was released after serving nine months, and the divorce was finalised in 2015.<ref>[https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2014/08/cleveland_judge_accused_of_bea.html#incart_m-rpt-1 Cleveland judge accused of beating wife had 2,500 rounds of ammunition, semi-automatic rifles, sword and smoke grenades in home], ''The Plain Dealer''</ref>

However, despite Mason vowing never to return to prison, he eventually committed a horrendous crime. In what the media described as "a fit of unprovoked rage", and in front of the couple's two daughters, Mason attacked Fraser and stabbed her to death.<ref name = murder>[https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2018/11/disgraced-former-judge-lance-mason-accused-of-fatally-stabbing-estranged-wife-in-shaker-heights-sources-say.html Disgraced former Judge Lance Mason accused of fatally stabbing estranged wife in Shaker Heights, sources say], ''The Plain Dealer''</ref>

During his attempt to escape from responding police officers, he drove Fraser's SUV into a police car and injured an officer. Police arrested Mason when he tried to get out of the car.<ref>[https://www.insideedition.com/bodycam-footage-shows-chaotic-arrest-of-former-judge-lance-mason-who-killed-his-ex-wife-57066 Bodycam Footage Shows Chaotic Arrest of Former Judge Lance Mason, Who Killed His Ex-Wife], ''Inside Edition''</ref>

Mason was charged at the Court of Common Pleas that he had once worked for. After Mason's former colleagues all recused themselves, retired judge John G. Haas was brought in to preside over his trial. On August 20, 2019, he pleaded guilty to all charges. At his sentencing, prosecutors called for Mason to receive life without parole. Taking into account that Mason had pleaded guilty, Judge Haas sentenced him to life imprisonment with parole in thirty years for murder, and an additional five years for the attack on police.<ref>[https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-ohio-judge-life-behind-bars-stabbing-wife-20190913-23f4khjbg5gndniunsxn4r57ay-story.html Former Ohio judge and lawmaker gets life behind bars for stabbing his ex-wife 59 times in deadly, unprovoked attack], ''New York Daily News''</ref>
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