骇人听闻的罪行 meaning in English

appalling crimes

The present law, as it now stood, had been instituted by the wisdom of their fathers, to check the alarming progress of a dreadful crime .
现行的法律是前辈智慧的结晶，目的在于制止一种骇人听闻的罪行恶性发展。
Mr morgan describes the nazis ' appalling crimes during their occupation of the peninsula and retreat north , but he is careful to present his history of italian collusion , resistance and negotiation in a dozen shades of grey
摩根先生描述了纳粹在占领意大利半岛和撤退后的北部后方时那些骇人听闻的罪行，但他从多角度细心地讲述了自己对于意大利勾结、抵抗和谈判等历史的理解。