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capacidad rehabilitadora de la pena y de la sanción

English translation: negating the fact that punishment can be used to rehabilitate offenders


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10:35 Jan 6, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Death Penalty
Spanish term or phrase: capacidad rehabilitadora de la pena y de la sanción
¿POR QUÉ ABOLIR LA PENA DE MUERTE CON TODOS LOS PROBLEMAS QUE HAY AHORA?
Porque es la forma más extrema de destrucción de la cultura de la vida y alrededor de la pena capital se concentran todas las debilidades de los sistemas judiciales, de negación de la capacidad rehabilitadora de la pena y de la sanción, se favorecen los abusos a personas, porque se convierte en una tentación de rebajar los sistemas penitenciarios y judiciales, porque siempre provoca nuevas víctimas, las víctimas inocentes que son los familiares de las víctimas.

Having problems understanding this convoluated sentence! Is it saying that
alrededor de la pena capital se concentran todas las debilidades de negación de la capacidad rehabilitadora de la pena y de la sanción? Is it that capital punishment denies the benefits of rehabilitation through a sentence and sanction?
Lorna O'Donoghue
Local time: 06:22
English translation:negating the fact that punishment can be used to rehabilitate offenders
Explanation:
Grammatically the author has made a bit of a mess, you might want to confirm with the client, but this is my interpretation.
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:22
Grading comment
Many thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4negating the fact that punishment can be used to rehabilitate offenders
Simon Bruni
3that deny the possibilities of rehabilitation through punishment and sanction
iBema
3(the refusal to acknowledge) the regenerating capacity of punishment and sanctionHelena Chavarria


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
negating the fact that punishment can be used to rehabilitate offenders


Explanation:
Grammatically the author has made a bit of a mess, you might want to confirm with the client, but this is my interpretation.

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 67
Grading comment
Many thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: This is clear and sounds natural. I read it as "the possibility of using punishment to rehabilitate".
24 mins
  -> Thanks, Charles, I like your phrasing

agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
3 hrs

agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal
3 hrs

agree  rich.
7 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(the refusal to acknowledge) the regenerating capacity of punishment and sanction


Explanation:
Yes, you've got the idea. The text is saying that the legal system is not put to full use; it doesn't try to stop crime.

Helena Chavarria
Local time: 07:22
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
that deny the possibilities of rehabilitation through punishment and sanction


Explanation:
I would link the sentence to the mentioned judiciary systems:

judiciary systems that deny the possibility of rehabilitation through punishment and sanction

iBema
Germany
Local time: 06:22
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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