excessive punishment
- cruelWillfully causing suffering
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- draconianExtremely harsh, especially laws
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
brutal · retribution · vengeance · overkill · vindictive · merciless · unjust · torture · flogging · lashing · heavy-handed · barbaric · inhumane · sadistic · overreaction · tyranny · oppression · wrath
severity/proportionality
excessive punishmentslap on the wrist
Trivially lenient penalty
measured response · reduced sentence · letting off easy · suspended sentence · probation