las penas de muerte
-the death penalties
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pena de muerte

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Volvamos a las penas de muerte.
Let's get back to the executions.
Al emitirse masivamente las sentencias ejecutivas, las penas de muerte se dictaron sin observar los debidos procedimientos de audiencia.
As execution rulings were issued en masse, death sentences were issued without proper observance of fair hearing procedures.
Que la corriente fuera peligrosa naturalmente era un hecho sabido ya desde antes, tanto es así que sus efectos fueron utilizados para la pena capital en alternativa a las penas de muerte demasiado dolorosas como el ahorcamiento.
Of course, that electricity is dangerous was a well known fact even in the past, so much so that its effects were used for capital punishment as an alternative to methods judged to be too painful, such as hanging.
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