Veronica Gaudenza Tait

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Charge:	Disturbing the Peace (Incl. Breaching Public Order)
Sentence:	"12 months probation & $475 fine, costs & restitution"
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Year Convicted:	1993
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Michigan
County or Region of Crime:	Oakland
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Veronica Gaudenza Tait was convicted in 1993 of two counts of disturbing the Peace in Oakland County, Michigan. Tait was sentenced to 12 months probation, and payment of $475 in fines, costs and restitution. Veronica Gaudenza Tait was pardoned by Michigan's governor on August 19, 2010. 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:	"Veronica Gaudenza Tait was pardoned by Michigan's governor on August 19, 2010. 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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Veronica Gaudenza Tait

Charge:

Disturbing the Peace (Incl. Breaching Public Order)

Sentence:

"12 months probation & $475 fine, costs & restitution"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Michigan

County or Region of Crime:

Oakland

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

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Innocence Proved By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Female

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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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