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Example sentences for: draconian

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She favored alternative punishments, longed to help troubled kids, worried about Draconian anti-immigration policy, and disliked the death penalty, mandatory minimum sentences, and the crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity.
You can be stuck on for anything from serious misconduct to minor infringements of the police's absurdly draconian and catch-all disciplinary codes, which make it possible for a senior officer with a grudge against a junior to stick him on for almost anything.
So, no; rigid enforcement of a national speed limit with draconian penalties for violating it will not save thousands of lives.
Among the four pages of rules are these: women must smile and wear makeup at all times, any woman caught chewing gum gets an $80 fine, and then there's the draconian Rule 29--"if any girl gets three complaints, she must immediately resign."
Also, a pair of articles on juvenile crime: One criticizes the recent trend to charge kids as adults and confine them with adult prisoners, saying that such Draconian treatment hardens rather than reforms young criminals.