An example of this principle can be found in the Draconian law of Ancient Greece and the Bloody Code which persisted in Renaissance England, when (at various times) capital punishment was prescribed for over 200 offenses.
該原則的例子可以在古希臘的德拉古法典和英國文藝復興時期（英语：English Renaissance）盛行的血腥法典中找到，當時（在不同時期）超過200種罪行的處罰是死刑。