EKSISTENSI PIDANA MATI DALAM PEMBAHARUAN HUKUM PIDANA (KAJIAN TERHADAP PIDANA MATI DALAM RUU KUHP)

Abstract

A number of criminal laws in Indonesia impose capital punishment including the KUHP. Death penalty has raised pros and cons in its imposement while countries around the world has abolished the penalty. Indonesia, however, seems to keep this provision applies as seen in the articles of the RUU KUHP that imposes capital punishment even though it is slightly different in nature from what is in KUHP. This writing aimed to learn about the existence of the capital punishment through its development from it is in the KUHP and in RUU KUHP. The findings of thisresearch showed that death penalty regulated in the KUHP is punishment for major crimes while in RUU KUHP it is specified for crimes with alternative enforcement. The capital punishment, therefore will remain imposed by Indonesian authority even though the future application will be different