Words similar to draconian

Example sentences for: draconian

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During the crack epidemic, Congress and the states imposed draconian mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses.
Or at the Draconian investigations of the press conducted by Special Counsel Steve Brill.
The Army is proceeding against other soldiers under a draconian code that can transform consensual sex into constructive rape, if it happens across ranks.
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.
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.