Olive McKeon

AKA: Olive McCabe
Released
Gender:Female
Era:1980s
State:New York
Support
Irish republican movement
Olive McKeon

Biography

Olive McKeon was an Irish-American activist jailed for refusing a federal grand jury demand during an investigation of arms supplies to the IRA. She also campaigned for her husband Bernard during his later imprisonment.

Case

Charges: Contempt of court for refusing grand-jury demands for handwriting samples and fingerprints
Incarcerated: March 1980
Released: May 1980
Sentence: Imprisoned in March 1980. Released in May after a medical crisis; a later interview describes ten weeks served. No exact release day is inferred from the May 8 crisis or the ten-week duration.

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