Prosecutors are Not Judges
THE strange verdict by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) handed down to Susi Tur Andayani last Monday should not have happened. The judges found the attorney guilty of charges against her and jailed her for five years, less than the prosecutors had demanded. The problem is that the judges used a new legal article, not the article that the prosecutors had charged Susi under.
In the indictment, the KPK prosecutors used articles 12-c and e of the Corruption Law. Using this article, the prosecutors wanted to build a case that placed Susi and Akil Mochtar as takers of bribes. The reason was easy to guess: a guilty verdict for Susi could be used as additional ammunition for a longer sentence for Akil.
July 1, 2014
THE strange verdict by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) handed down to Susi Tur Andayani last Monday should not have happened. The judges found the attorney guilty of charges against her and jailed her for five years, less than the prosecutors had demanded. The problem is that the judges used a new legal article, not the article that the prosecutors had charged Susi under.
In the indictment, the KPK prosecutors used articles 12-c and
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