SEVERITY OFCRIMINAL CHARGES INLAWENFORCEMENT OF CORRUPTION CASES IN INDONESIA

Abstract

The research with the title "Light Weight of Criminal Charges in Law Enforcement of Corruption Cases in Indonesia" aims; To examine the factors that influence the determination of the light weight of criminal charges in law enforcement of corruption cases in Indonesia. Therefore, to study and analyze it using normative juridical methods with several approach methods, namely: 1) statutory method, 2) conceptual juridical method, 3) historical approach and 4) comparativeapproach. The legal philosophical basis for determining the severity of criminal charges in corruption cases is contained in Law No. 31 of 1999 in conjunction with Law No. 20 of 2001, which refers to Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution to create a just and prosperous society, and aspects that affect the disparity in determining the severity of criminal charges due to 1) human resources of public prosecutors; 2) the consequences of the defendant's actions. Human resources of the public prosecutor; 2) the consequences caused by the defendant's actions. Therefore, several things that need to be considered are 1) The need to increase the human resources of public prosecutors both in terms of quality and quantity, so that public prosecutors who handle corruption cases must describe all the facts revealed in the trial by considering; 1) factors of the defendant's actions, 2) aspects of the consequences of the defendant's actions, 3) factors outside the corruption crime but which are related to the corruption crime case.