Biography
Margaret Volpe was imprisoned in connection with nonviolent resistance to nuclear weapons. Margaret Volpe and Frank Fessler were convicted November 15 and sentenced to 20 days following the October 21 Rock Island Arsenal action. The report explicitly states all these named defendants have served their time. John Volpe, whose trial was continued while his wife was in jail, is a separate existing person; he is not assigned her term.
Contemporary source and limits
Margaret Volpe and Frank Fessler were convicted November 15 and sentenced to 20 days following the October 21 Rock Island Arsenal action. The report explicitly states all these named defendants have served their time. John Volpe, whose trial was continued while his wife was in jail, is a separate existing person; he is not assigned her term.
The Nuclear Resister No.36, December 9, 1985, original page 5.
The reviewed issue documents actual political-protest imprisonment. No race, birth or death date, other identity expansion, exact release from a projected date, or current custody status is inferred. Only explicit actual completed days are entered as a documented subtotal; imposed terms alone are not counted.
Earlier 1984–1985 custody chronology
After the separate August 9, 1984 Arsenal action and initial release, Margaret Volpe returned January 3, 1985, was arrested and held on $500 cash bond. The original explicitly reports physical release January 11, eight days later. This eight-day stay is not the distinct twenty-day stay after her November 1985 conviction.
The Nuclear Resister No. 28, January 23, 1985, PDF pages [2, 3].
Margaret Volpe was individually sentenced April 19, 1985 for the Rock Island Arsenal action. The source says both she and Tabor had already served eight days, but the current record documents seven; this conflict is retained rather than silently overwriting the established earlier total.
