Legal Analysis of Criminal Sanctions Policy of Fines in Narcotics Crimes Based on Justice

Anis Maharani, Andri Winjaya Laksana

Abstract


Indonesia as a country of law that upholds justice faces serious challenges in enforcing narcotics criminal law, especially related to the effectiveness of criminal fines in Law Number 35 of 2009. Although criminal fines are set at high nominal values to provide a deterrent effect, the provisions of light substitute sentences actually cause ineffective implementation and the tendency for perpetrators to choose imprisonment rather than pay fines. The results of this study are (1)The current policy of criminal fines in narcotics crimes as regulated in Law Number 35 of 2009 still shows fundamental weaknesses in both normative and implementation aspects, because even though the threat of criminal fines is very high and is intended to create a deterrent effect, it is not accompanied by an adequate implementing regulation mechanism. (2) Weaknesses in the substance of the law are seen from the determination of a very high minimum limit for criminal fines without considering the economic capacity of the perpetrator; Weaknesses in the legal structure, the absence of a mechanism for implementing criminal fines, such as provisions on payment times, execution systems, or legal coercion instruments; Weaknesses in the legal culture, resistance of officials and the community to fines cause criminal fines to only function symbolically without a deterrent effect, coupled with the tendency of judges and prosecutors to prioritize imprisonment in practice. (3) The regulation of criminal fines in Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics does not reflect the principle of substantive justice as adopted in Hans Kelsen's legal theory. 

Keywords


Criminal; Fines; Legal; Narcotics.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30659/rlj.4.2.%25p

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