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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 ...
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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Phil Hirschkop. Philip Jay Hirschkop (born May 14, 1936) is an American civil rights lawyer. With fellow American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) volunteer cooperating attorney Bernard S. Cohen, the two represented Mildred and Richard Loving in several court cases to overturn the Lovings' conviction for interracial marriage in the state of Virginia. [1]
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In June 2007, on the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Loving, Mildred Loving issued a statement in support of same-sex marriage. [57] [58] [59] Up until 2014, five U.S. Courts of Appeals considered the constitutionality of state bans on same-sex marriage. In doing so they interpreted or used the Loving ruling differently:
Four individuals have been arrested in connection with an Alabama shooting that resulted in the death of a 21-year-old mother. Officer Truman Fitzgerald tells PEOPLE that Facebook live videos ...