Sentence 1: Never before has a U.N. court been able to punish the actions of individuals . Both right- and left-wingers worry that the new U.N. tribunals will reprise the flaws of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials, attempting to make political points and failing to adequately protect the rights of the accused.

Sentence 2: The UN court has always been able to punish the actions of people.

If the first sentence is true, then is the second sentence true?
no