Maras Nikolaj

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	3 to 10 years
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Year Convicted:	1974
Year Cleared:	1981
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Wayne
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Maras Nikolaj was convicted in 1974 of second-degree murder in Wayne County, Michigan. Nikolaj was sentenced to 3 to 10 years imprisonment. Maras Nikolaj was pardoned by Michigan's governor on May 25, 1981. An executive pardon in Michigan erases a conviction and restores the pardoned person's presumption of innocence the same as a court order vacating a conviction. The Michigan Court of Appeal stated in People v. Van Heck, 252 Mich. App. 207, 651 NW 2d 174 (Mich. Ct. of Appeals 9-24-2002): "As our Supreme Court has observed, such an act of clemency "`reaches both the punishment prescribed for the offense and the guilt of the offender. It releases the punishment and blots out of existence the guilt, so that in the eye of the law the offender is as innocent as if he had never committed the offense.'" People v. Stickle, 156 Mich. 557, 564, 121 N.W. 497 (1909), quoting People, ex rel. Forsyth v. Court of Sessions of Monroe County, 141 N.Y. 288, 294-295, 36 N.E. 386 (1894)."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Maras Nikolaj was pardoned by Michigan's governor on May 25, 1981. An executive pardon in Michigan erases a conviction and restores the pardoned person's presumption of innocence the same as a court order vacating a conviction. The Michigan Court of Appeal stated in People v. Van Heck, 252 Mich. App. 207, 651 NW 2d 174 (Mich. Ct. of Appeals 9-24-2002): "As our Supreme Court has observed, such an act of clemency "`reaches both the punishment prescribed for the offense and the guilt of the offender. It releases the punishment and blots out of existence the guilt, so that in the eye of the law the offender is as innocent as if he had never committed the offense.'" People v. Stickle, 156 Mich. 557, 564, 121 N.W. 497 (1909), quoting People, ex rel. Forsyth v. Court of Sessions of Monroe County, 141 N.Y. 288, 294-295, 36 N.E. 386 (1894)."
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Information Source 1:	"Pardons Approved By Governor, 1/1/1969 to 4/30/2015, Mich. Dept. of Corr., Office of the Parole and Commutation Board (List of 69 pardoned individuals sent to Hans Sherrer on 4/30/2015)"
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Maras Nikolaj

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

3 to 10 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1974

Year Cleared:

1981

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Wayne

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

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Innocence Proved By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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"Pardons Approved By Governor, 1/1/1969 to 4/30/2015, Mich. Dept. of Corr., Office of the Parole and Commutation Board (List of 69 pardoned individuals sent to Hans Sherrer on 4/30/2015)"

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