Adoption of the Plea Bargaining Concept to Improve Judicial Efficiency During the Covid-19 Outbreak

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Published May 31, 2021
DOI https://doi.org/10.15294/lrrq.v7i2.46174

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Wahyu Nandang Herawan
PBH PERADI (Legal Aid Center, Indonesian Advocates Associations)
Natalia Sihotang
Indonesian Criminal Justice Forum

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Plea Bargaining can be interpreted as a statement of guilt from a suspect or defendant. Plea Bargaining is widely embraced in countries that adhere to the Common Law legal system. Plea Bargaining developed in the common law legal system has inspired the emergence of mediation in the practice of justice based on criminal law in the Netherlands and France, known as “transactieâ€. This paper is intended to analyze the concept of plea bargaining on improving judicial efficiency during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia. This research confirmed that plea Bargaining is categorized as an attempt to resolve outside the court and its users are also based on certain reasons. Whereas the presence of the concept of a special route is also a concern if we see that the defendant’s confession of guilt can be reinstated as the basis for a judge to issue a verdict. The purpose of this paper is to find out and analyze the application of plea bargaining in the midst of the global Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia.

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Herawan, W. N., & Sihotang, N. (2021). Adoption of the Plea Bargaining Concept to Improve Judicial Efficiency During the Covid-19 Outbreak. Law Research Review Quarterly, 7(2), 135-152. https://doi.org/10.15294/lrrq.v7i2.46174
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Vol 7 No 2 (2021): L. Research Rev. Q. (May 2021) "Dimensions of Legal Certainty in Transnational and Cybercrimes"
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RESEARCH ARTICLE

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Author Biographies

Wahyu Nandang Herawan, PBH PERADI (Legal Aid Center, Indonesian Advocates Associations)

Wahyu Nandang Herawan is a Lawyer and Solicitor. He is active and serving as Advocate at Legal Aid Center, Indonesian Advocates Associations (PBH PERADI). Previously, he joined the Semarang Legal Aid Institute and was active at the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation.

Natalia Sihotang, Indonesian Criminal Justice Forum

Natalia Sihotang is an undergraduate law student at Faculty of Law Universitas Negeri Semarang. She is active as researcher at Indonesian Criminal Justice Forum, Semarang, Indonesia.

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