In the Jim Crow South, how strictly were laws against interracial marriage enforced, and what forms of legal penalties did couples convicted under those laws face?

by fendermonkey
fendermonkey

I'm familiar with Loving vs Virginia but were they the only ones or were convictions like theirs widespread?

Georgy_K_Zhukov

This older post is a very narrow answer not focused on these laws as a whole, but might be one of interest to you as it specifically is about situations where the law was originally ignored, and then dragged up after the fact.