Draconian

a.
  1. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c. Used especially in the phrase Draconian punishment.
    2. Draconian code, or Draconian laws ,
    a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor.
    Draconian punishment ,
    punishment so severe as to seem excessive for the crime being punished.