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After their marriage, the Lovings returned home to Central Point. They were arrested at night by the county sheriff who had received an anonymous tip, [19] and charged with "cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth." They pled guilty and were convicted by the Caroline County Circuit Court on January 6, 1959 ...
The Lovings were charged under Section 20-58 of the Virginia Code, which prohibited interracial couples from being married out of state and then returning to Virginia, and Section 20-59, which classified miscegenation as a felony, punishable by a prison sentence of between one and five years.
On their return to Virginia, they were arrested in their bedroom for living together as an interracial couple. The judge suspended their sentence on the condition that the Lovings leave Virginia and not return for 25 years. In 1963, the Lovings, who had moved to Washington, D.C., decided to appeal this judgment.
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In Bowling Green, Virginia, Mildred and Richard Loving were found guilty of a felony for violating Virginia Code §20-59, the law against miscegenation. [21] Richard was white, Mildred was black, and they had married in Washington, D.C., on June 2, 1958, then returned to live with her parents in Central Point. They were arrested ten days later.
Law enforcement announced they have now identified a suspect in connection to the "vicious" killing of a Montana father whose death was initially reported as a possible bear attack.. The Gallatin ...
On January 20, a Border Patrol agent was shot dead during a traffic stop in Vermont.It quickly emerged that a German citizen had also died and that a 21-year-old woman had been arrested. Now ...
The locations used for Loving were mainly based in Richmond, also in King and Queen County, Caroline County, Central Point, and Bowling Green. [20] Loving began a limited release in the United States on November 4, 2016, [21] before a wide release on November 11, 2016.