Perspective on the Death Penalty in Law Number 1 of 2023 Concerning the Criminal Law Book

Abstract

Regulations on the death penalty have not escaped being part of the changes made by the government. Changes to the old Criminal Code, into a new criminal code, the issue of the death penalty itself is an issue that is never resolved between parties who agree with it and parties who do not agree, this research wants to show the perspective of the death penalty from point of view of the new criminal law code Number 1 of 2023. This research uses normative juridical research, through a conceptual approach and a historical approach. The results of this research show that the new criminal law code uses alternative criminal sentences in carrying out the death penalty, apart from that, to carry out the death penalty plus a probationary period of 10 (ten) years as a middle ground between parties who agree to the death penalty and those who do not agree to the death penalty.