harsh penalty
stiff penalty

There are harsh penalties for those caught with drugs of any kind.

Companies should not be shielded from harsh penalties in such cases.

But the law allows harsher penalties, including death, in very serious cases.

Those who favored harsh penalties were known as "the ice front".

Currently, the harshest penalty for murder is 25 years to life.

"We're always behind harsher penalties, but we also believe in the need for rehabilitation."

Laws passed last month present critics of the Government with ever harsher penalties.

"That's a pretty harsh penalty for a good, solid shot.

The production and distribution of such materials carry harsher penalties.

And under such conditions, the need to survive exacted harsh penalties.

Harsh penalties are still being imposed, including frequent use of the death penalty.

Not everyone agrees that harsh penalties should replace education and warnings.

On call-in radio shows, there have been demands for harsh penalties.

He instituted harsh penalties for those who refused to submit.

Outlawry was thus one of the harshest penalties in the legal system.

The proposal of the harsh penalties was widely expected.

There could be no more harsh penalty than that."

"There were four players that I suspended with harsh penalties out of 450 in the league.

To combat illegal cow eating, the government established harsh penalties.

"There are harsher penalties attached to those kinds of charges," she said.

That was a harsh penalty for the ride the boy had stolen, an exorbitant price.

Several mentioned the harsh penalties that acquaintances had faced when they were caught up in drug problems.

Homosexual behavior among soldiers was subject to harsh penalties, including death, as a violation of military discipline.

After the defeat of the revolt, the village had to suffer harsh penalties.