throw the book at

verb2

1. •
   (informal) To charge with or convict of as many crimes as possible.

   • COURT THROWS BOOK AT HIM: ... Thomas Pasco, beggar, got everything the statutes would permit Judge Binkle to give him yesterday afternoon. — 1903
2. •
   (informal) To apply the harshest possible punishment to.

   • [C]riminals ... dreaded to be brought into his court, as a conviction meant a severe sentence. As one criminal expressed it to another, "The judge throws the book at you." — 1897