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Max Gorman

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Washington
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 5 Months
Support
Anti-War
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Biography

Max Gorman was sentenced to ten years in prison. He served in McNeil Island Penitentiary from November 19, 1917, to April 7, 1920, when his sentence was commuted.

1920s custody review: The Morning Register, November 20, 1917, page 1, reports sentencing on November 19. The Daily Capital Journal, November 21, page 1, reports Gorman en route to prison that day, not arrival on November 19. November admission is therefore retained at month precision, with November 19 recorded as sentencing rather than an exact admission. The precise McNeil Island arrival and initial arrest still require the institutional record. Existing April 7, 1920 release is retained, not independently established by these articles. No identified portrait found.

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Case

USP McNeil Island
Charges: Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918
Sentenced: Nov 19, 1917
Incarcerated: November 1917
Released: Apr 7, 1920
Sentence: Ten years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).
Institution State: Washington