Biography
Placido Torres was given a prison sentence of two years and served in McNeil Island Penitentiary from April 24, 1919, until his sentence was commuted on October 29, 1920.
The Eastern District of Washington row records two years, commuted October 28, 1920 to expire at once, with actual departure separately recorded October 29, 1920. The table separately identifies sentencing, nominal judgment and circumstances of execution; no new jail admission or actual-service counter is inferred.
1921 Senate amnesty hearings, printed page 100 (PDF page 107).
The presidential-clemency table in the 1921 Senate amnesty hearings records a sentence imposed April 24, 1919: Two years. Commuted October 28, 1920 to expire at once; mental weakness and the major portion of the sentence already served were cited. A pardon, commutation, nominal expiration or parole eligibility is not itself evidence of the day of physical release; the imposed or reduced term is not a measured time served.
Amnesty and Pardon for Political Prisoners, 1921 Senate hearings, printed page 193.
