Michael Maske
Michael Eric Maske was sentenced to life without parole yesterday in the same Winston-Salem courthouse where he had been sentenced to death seven years ago.
Maske was sent to death row for the 2001 murder of Geneva Yarbrough. Two years later, the state Supreme Court vacated Maske’s death sentence and sent the case back for a new sentencing hearing because of errors made by the trial judge. The prosecutor and the victim’s family decided not to seek death again.
During his incarceration, Maske has made efforts to better himself. He obtained a GED and became a leader in the prison’s drug and alcohol rehabilitation groups. Maske has also participated in a program geared towards keeping teenagers out of trouble. He has expressed remorse for the killing, and gratefulness that his life has been spared.
