Our method is based on statistical generalization of successfully recorded executions at different task conditions, which are acquired by kinesthetic guiding.
Recently, methods for process mining have been developed to discover and enrich operational models based on a log of recorded executions of processes, which enables evidence-based process analysis.
This is the proclaimed rationale behind the recorded executions of James Foley, Sotloff, David Haines, and, most recently, Alan Henning.
Although there were occasional local outbreaks of witch-hunting, the last recorded executions were in 1706 and the last trial in 1727.
"The global picture remains clear: Countries that implement the death penalty are an isolated minority," said Sangiorgio. "While Amnesty International recorded executions in 22 countries in 2014, that number was almost double 41 two decades ago in 1995.
"Executions are an act of government that has been completely hidden from the public," said Mr. Isay, the radio producer, who obtained portions of 19 of the 23 tape-recorded executions.
Richard Dieter, the director of the Death Penalty Information Center, a research organization in Washington that is opposed to capital punishment, says he knows of no state other than Georgia that has tape-recorded executions.
In an e-mail message to The New York Times last month, Mr. Leeson told how he had recorded the execution broadcast using a tape recorder with two seven-inch reels that he had obtained primarily to record music.
The reason we know about this spectacular murder is because a French Capuchin monk passing through Maranhão recorded the execution in his travel diary.
For the CPU comparison, we selected Bullet's DBVT algorithm, for which we recorded the execution times using high-resolution throughput counters present in the CPU.
