Massing also distances his position from apostles of draconian penalties and those who put their faith in interdiction.

So, no; rigid enforcement of a national speed limit with draconian penalties for violating it will not save thousands of lives.

Thirty days in prison is not a draconian penalty by Malaysian standards.

The combination of unknowable rules and draconian penalties is already having a chilling effect.

Maybe I'm just tenderhearted, but losing one's children has always seemed (at least to me) a rather draconian penalty for stiffing a magician.

Don't talk to them tough about death penalties, draconian penalties.

The object of the game is to score exactly 31 points before any opponents, with a draconian penalty for overshooting that benchmark.

The Mayor starts an immediate investigation, stating the draconian penalty for domestic theft: death.

Moreover, they said, exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid, which together have more than 75 million beneficiaries, is a draconian penalty.

American laws on terrorism reached across the world and had draconian penalties attached to them.