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A fact from Jerry Givens appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Jerry Givens served as Virginia's chief executioner for 17 years before becoming a campaigner against the death penalty?

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 09:21, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Jerry Givens served seventeen years as Virginia's chief executioner before becoming a campaigner against the death penalty?
- ALT1:... that Jerry Givens came to oppose the death penalty after learning that Earl Washington Jr., whom he had nearly executed, was innocent?

Created by Steve Smith (talk). Self-nominated at 02:44, 21 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Steve Smith, review follows: article created 20 April; article exceeds minimum length; article is sufficiently well written and cited inline throughout to two reliable sources; no overly close paraphrasing from sources noticed; hooks are both interesting and mentioned in the article; the sources in the article back-up the hook facts. I see you have a number of DYK credits from a while ago, as you have more than five previous DYKs you are required to review another proposed hook from this page before yours can be approved (as a "quid pro quo", QPQ) as per the DYK rules. if you could let me know when you've done a review I can then approve this one, many thanks - Dumelow (talk) 09:57, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I was unaware of that rule, but it seems like a good one. However, I have no experience with DYK approvals, so I'm going to need a bit of time to bone up—I'll let you know when I've done so. Steve Smith (talk) 17:56, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

QPQ now review carried out at Template:Did you know nominations/Tejuca, further discussion on my talk page - Dumelow (talk) 05:52, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How many did he execute?

Page claims that Givens executed 62 inmates from 1982 up until 1999, 37 by electric chair and the rest by lethal injection. However, Virginia executed 73 inmates between August 1982 and December 1999. 25 were electrocuted, 48 were executed by lethal injection. Maybe he did not officiate every execution by lethal injection but, still, he can't possibly have electrocuted 37 inmates, because that would be more than the state of Virginia has ever electrocuted since 1982 (31). Can someone provide a better source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarcusAnneus (talk • contribs) 01:53, 6 December 2020 (UTC) --MarcusAnneus (talk) 02:04, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]