Tag: Executions

Overlapping Executions with setInterval() in JS

There are instances when we need to execute a piece of code for multiple iterations at specified intervals. JavaScript comes with some amazing built-in objects and functions and two such functions which solve our problem are setInterval(callback, interval) and setTimeout(callback, del...

The Trials and Executions of Edward Daly and Seán Heuston, May 1916

On Saturday as the British cordon around the Four Courts tightened, Daly discussed a plan to launch a counter attack to save as many lives as possible in the building. However, before the plan could be effected, Elizabeth O’Farrell arrived that evening with the order for surrender. She later d...

Why Does Alabama Keep Bungling Executions?

The plates here usually say “Heart of Dixie,” just in case you’ve forgotten that Montgomery was the first capital of the Confederacy. But the state’s treatment of prisoners is heartless. Earlier this month Alabama botched the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, the third in...