The Southeast Asia Law Journal
Vol 1, No 1 (2015)

The Legal Certainty of Execution of the Death Penalty in Indonesian Criminal Justice System

Willy Tanjaya (School of Global Prima Medan)
Teguh Prasetyo (University of Jayabaya)
Muhadar Muhadar (University of Jayabaya)
Lilik Mulyadi (University of Jayabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Aug 2017

Abstract

This study aims to answer three main problems, namely: (1) How the provisions of the deadline for execution on the death row prisoners in the Indonesian justice system?; (2) What method of execution on death row prisoners in the Indonesian justice system?; and (3) How is the policy of capital punishment in Indonesia in the future?. This research uses the primary, secondary and tertiary legal materials. The research methods being used in this research is normative method with the application of the statute approach, the case approach and the comparative approach. The results of this study shows the following conclusions: (1) the criminal law system in Indonesia is not set the deadline for execution on death row prisoner who had obtained a court decision that is legally binding and or the clemency petition has been rejected signal by the president; (2) The method of execution that has been implemented in Indonesia is a method of firing squad the u.s. stipulated in Law No. 2/Pnps/1964; (3) The policy the SE for the death penalty law in Indonesia in the future will not be shifted away from the current state.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

Law_Journal

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

The Southeast Asia Law Journal (SALJ) The Southeast Asian Law Journal (SALJ) is a scholarly journal dedicated to presenting a broad perspective on law justice issues within the domestic Indonesia. SALJ provides a forum for social scientists to report research findings for informed policy making with ...