THE RELEVANCE OF DEATH PENALTY IN THE EFFORT TO ERADICATE CRIMINAL ACTS OF CORRUPTION FROM PHILOSOPHICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL AND JURIDICAL APPROACH By: Sigit Wibowo CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background Indonesia is one of the countries that still retain and recognize the legality of death penalty as a way to punish perpetrators of crime, although the pros and cons on death penalty has been long experienced in this country. Moreover, the existence of death penalty in Indonesia will likely to continue in the future because in the Criminal Code Draft, death penalty remains one of the criminal sanctions being retained in punishing perpetrators of crime. The arrangement of death penalty in the Criminal Code Draft is set out in article 86 up to article 89. The implementation of death penalty in Indonesia has become one of the most discussion and a long-drawn polemic for civilized countries. This is based on the application of death penalty is not consistent with the state’s philosophy which adopts the principles in Pancasila, that always upholds the value of just and civilized humanity. However, in reality, the practice of death penalty for whatever reason and logic is still being implemented in Indonesia from several criminal cases that exist.1 According to the former Executive Director of Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, Asmara Nababan stated “It is time that the essence of these constitutional changes is being debated. Is it well worth for us to execute someone with death penalty if the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia 1
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