Comparison of Rechterlijk Pardon Concept on 2019 Criminal Code Draft and Article 70 Law Number 11 of 2012 concerning Juvenile Criminal Justice System

The formulation of the idea of ​​​​forgiving judges (rechterlijk pardon) in the Draft Criminal Code is motivated by the rigidity and inhumanity of the current Criminal Code. Which resulted in small cases that were decided criminal, because the current Criminal Code does not accommodate the authority of judges to forgive cases that are considered unfit to be sentenced. This modification of the rechterlijk pardon concept is expected to reflect a sense of justice, benefit within the framework of Pancasila as a source of law for the Indonesian nation. In contrast to the concept of rechterlijk pardon in Article 70 of Law no. 11 of 2012 concerning the Juvenile Criminal Justice System, which has previously applied the concept, to minimize the imposition of crimes against children which should not be based on appropriate retaliation for the crimes committed, because it will be fatal to the physical and physical development of children. To answer the existing problems the author uses a qualitative approach with normative juridical research on the statute approach, conceptual approach and comparative approach. The use of this normative qualitative analysis method is closely related to the problems discussed in comparative approach and conceptual approach, so that it takes the form of descriptive-analytical. The results of this research comparison show that the forgiveness of judges in the Criminal Code Bill needs to categorize the types of minor/moderate/serious crimes and what crimes are forgiven categorized based on the material law itself must also adjust to the implementing rules.