Hukuman Mati Terhadap Terpidana Korupsi dalam Hukum Nasional Indonesia

Abstract

This article discusses the juridical review of the imposition of death penalty on defendants in corruption cases based on Indonesian criminal law. Corruption itself is a crime that often occurs all the time in Indonesia and the impact of this corruption is very detrimental to the state and society, which will be discussed further in this article. With this topic of discussion, this article uses a normative juridical research method. The discussion of this article draws conclusions, including: 1) Whereas the death penalty for corruption has been regulated in Article 2 paragraph (2) of Law number 31 of 1999 Jo. Law number 20 of 2001 concerning the eradication of criminal acts of corruption with the qualification that corruption is committed under certain circumstances 2) That further legal reforms are needed to be able to impose death penalty on corruption which can be detrimental to the state in large numbers 3) death penalty for corruption This is expected to provide a deterrent effect and prevent acts of corruption.