Pena Justisia: Media Komunikasi dan Kajian Hukum
Vol. 24 No. 2 (2025): Pena Justisia

Death Penalty Policy for Perpetrators of Corruption Criminal Acts in Certain Circumstances

Herry Liyus (Fakultas Hukum, Universitas Jambi)
Andi Najemi (Fakultas Hukum, Universitas Jambi)
Wildan Ambron Ritonga (Fakultas Hukum, Universitas Jambi)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Dec 2025

Abstract

This article discusses the policy of the death penalty against perpetrators of corruption crimes in certain circumstances based on criminal law in Indonesia. Corruption itself is a crime that often occurs every time in Indonesia, and the impact of the corruption committed is very detrimental to the state and society, which will be discussed further in this article. With the topic of discussion, this article uses a normative juridical research method. The discussion of this article has conclusions including: 1) That the regulation of the death penalty for corruption crimes has been regulated in Article 2 paragraph (2) of Law Number 31 of 1999 in conjunction with Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption with the qualification that the corruption is carried out under certain circumstances 2) That further legal reform is needed to be able to impose the death penalty for corruption that can harm the State

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Journal Info

Abbrev

hk

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

Pena Justisia aims to provide a forum for lecturers and researchers to publish the original articles about Law Science. Focus of Pena Justisia is publishing the manuscript of outcome study, and conceptual ideas which specific in the sector of Law science. We are interested in topics which relate ...