Proportionality of Punishment for Drug Crimes: A Critical Analysis and Its Implications for Legal Education
Keywords:
Courier, Drugs, Proportionality, Legal EducationAbstract
This study aims to analyze the wording of criminal provisions and fines in Law No. 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics, particularly regarding the disparity in punishment between narcotics dealers, distributors, and couriers. The method used is a legal-normative study with an empirical approach, employing Critical Legal Theory to examine the legal text and the socio-economic context of narcotics offenders. The data used consists of primary and secondary data, which are analyzed and presented qualitatively. The discussion revealed that the wording of the provisions related to sentencing, particularly Articles 112 to 115, attempts to equate the penalties for couriers, who merely transport narcotics, with those for dealers who play a strategic role in the network. This provision effectively ignores the differences in the roles, benefits, and power dynamics of the perpetrators, leading to substantive injustice in the application of the law. The main recommendation is to amend the wording of the articles regulating the status of perpetrators in drug trafficking with proportional penalties. Second, in enforcing the law, judges should consider the role and economic conditions of couriers in deciding cases, so that the sentences imposed are not the same as those for dealers. Reform of criminal sentencing and drug-related criminal justice policies must be directed toward proportionality and substantive justice to achieve a more humane and responsive legal system.
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