Denying Article 100 Of Criminal Code That Was Just Prepared For Ferdy Sambo, MenkumHAM: Crazy Way Of Thinking!

Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkumham) Yasonna Laoly

JAKARTA - Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkumham) Yasonna H. Laoly emphasized that Article 100 of the new Criminal Code was not prepared to lighten Ferdy Sambo's death sentence. The discussion on this law was carried out long before the premeditated murder of Yosua Nopriansyah or Brigadier J occurred.

"Ouch... this was discussed long before this (Sambo's verdict, ed)," Yasonna told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, February 16.

Article 100 of the new Criminal Code, reads:

The judge can impose the death penalty with a probationary period of 10 (ten) years by taking into account:

a. the defendant's remorse and hope for self-improvement;

b. the role of the accused in the crime; or

c. there are mitigating reasons

Return to Yasonna. This PDI Perjuangan politician said that the article was included because of the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK). The convict must get a chance before being executed.

"So it doesn't mean that long before Sambo it was discussed. It's just a crazy way of thinking. It's just weird," he said.

Previously, a panel of judges led by Wahyu Iman Santoso read out Ferdy Sambo's verdict on Monday, February 13. The former Kadiv Propam Polri was sentenced to death because he was found guilty of masterminding the premeditated murder of his subordinate, Brigadier J.

Sambo was found guilty of violating Article 340 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph 1 to (1) of the Criminal Code. The judge considered mitigating and aggravating circumstances.

Incriminating considerations, Ferdy was considered complicated when giving testimony. He also committed a crime against his own aide and caused an extraordinary commotion.

Apart from that, Ferdy Sambo is also considered to have tarnished and dragged many members of the police into legal cases and did not admit what he had done. Meanwhile, the mitigating panel of judges did not see it.