Legal Analysis of Prison Sentences by Judges in Cases of Sexual Abuse Against Children (Case Study of Semarang District Court Decision Number: 54/Pid.Sus/2022/Pn.Smg)
Abstract
The case concerns a sexual predator who abused a child with intellectual disabilities, which has been adjudicated by the Semarang District Court. The panel of judges imposed a sentence of 10 (ten) years of imprisonment and a fine of Rp. 1,000,000,000 (one billion rupiah), with the provision that if the fine is not paid, it shall be substituted with 4 (four) months of imprisonment, for violating Article 76E in conjunction with Article 82 paragraph (2) of Law No. 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection, as amended by Law No. 17 of 2016 on the Stipulation of Government Regulation in Law No. 1 of 2016 concerning the Second Amendment to Law No. 23 of 2002 on Child Protection. The author considers that the decision is excessively severe and does not provide a sense of justice for the defendant. The issues examined in this study are: first, the considerations of the judges in rendering a decision in criminal acts of child sexual abuse; second, the analysis of such judicial considerations. This study employs a normative juridical method. Primary data were obtained from statutory regulations. The results of this study indicate that the judges' consideration in imposing a sentence of 10 (ten) years of imprisonment and a fine of Rp. 1,000,000,000 (one billion rupiah), with a subsidiary punishment of 4 (four) months of imprisonment in case of non-payment of the fine, is far from achieving justice for the accused. It is not based on the values of justice, truth, legal certainty, and legal benefit, due to the panel of judges not properly applying the law of evidence in the case. In imposing a criminal sentence on an individual, it must be based on at least two valid pieces of evidence, supported by the judge's conviction in accordance with Article 183 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which states: “A judge shall not impose a sentence upon a person unless, based on at least two valid pieces of evidence, he/she obtains the conviction that a criminal act has indeed occurred and that the accused is guilty of it.”
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30659/rlj.5.2.%25p
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