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Raymond Soto Dávila

AKA: Raymond Soto Davila; Raymond Soto; Raymond Soto-Davila
Released
Date of birth:1948
Gender:Male
Era:1980s
State:New York
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Biography

Raymond Soto Dávila is a Puerto Rican independence activist and historian associated with CUCRE and the Liga Socialista Puertorriqueña. He was confined for civil contempt after refusing to comply with a federal grand jury investigation, including months at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York.

Approximate duration is not an exact custody counter

Torres Maldonado's printed page 177 reports almost ten months of civil confinement and September 25, 1983 release. It does not establish an exact admission day. The former 304-day and ten-month counters are removed because they turn an approximate account into false precision. The authorized official federal locator returns two registrations under Raymond Soto-Davila, both with July 17, 2001 custody endpoints. That later endpoint is not evidence of release from this earlier contempt episode and is not substituted for the source-supported 1983 release. No later prosecution or custody episode is created without supporting case evidence. Existing portrait retained.

Case

Charges: Civil contempt for noncompliance with a federal grand jury — not a criminal conviction for the acts being investigated
Released: Sep 25, 1983
Sentence: Coercive civil contempt confinement, not a criminal conviction. Torres Maldonado's source-cited history (printed page 177) reports almost ten months and actual September 25, 1983 release; that approximate duration is not an exact 304-day or ten-month counter. December 1 subpoena service, December 17 requested appearance, and December 22, 1982 opinion are not individually verified arrest or custody-entry dates. Authorized BOP name search returns two Raymond Soto-Davila registrations, 01629-069 and 20610-069, both with July 17, 2001 endpoints; neither is assigned to this 1982–83 case. Exact initial arrest/admission remains unresolved; the existing source-supported 1983 release is retained.