Former judge sentenced to life in prison — with a 'glimmer of hope' for parole in 35 years — for murdering his ex-wife in a gruesome 2018 slaying witnessed by one of their young children.
as she dropped off the couple's children for visitation with him in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights.
Mason, a former state representative and senator before he was appointed to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, could have been sent to prison without any possibility of parole. But Haas threw Mason a slight lifeline, offering him a chance to apply for parole in 35 years. "I am hopeful that during that period of time, with that glimmer of hope, that you will take advantage of that and you will, in fact, make a difference in the lives of those people around you," Haas admonished.
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