Approximately how many legally authorized executions in the United States have been confirmed by M. Watt Espy? a. 27,000 b. 19,000 c. 4,000 d. 36,000 e. 8,000

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Approximately how many legally authorized executions in the United States have been confirmed by M. Watt Espy? a. 27,000 b. 19,000 c. 4,000 d. 36,000 e. 8,000

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Augustus Holder · Answer 1

Approximately 19,000 legally authorized executions in the United States have been confirmed by M. Watt Espy.

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Major Watt Espy was a researcher from Alabama who was the first to compile the details of about 19,000 legally authorized executions and publish it in the public domain by the name 'The Espy Files'. This data referred to the executions that happened over a long period of approximately 400 years starting from 1608 to 2002.