英语翻译Was it sufficient that the ordinances under which the camp guards and enforcers were convicted were already on the statute books at the time they committed their crimes?这是我现在在看的英文小说中的一句话,我不是不会单词,只是不清楚,如果用中文来表达的话,到底它说的是个什么意思.翻译的好有额外分

英语翻译
Was it sufficient that the ordinances under which the camp guards and enforcers were convicted were already on the statute books at the time they committed their crimes?
这是我现在在看的英文小说中的一句话,我不是不会单词,只是不清楚,如果用中文来表达的话,到底它说的是个什么意思.
翻译的好有额外分