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Abstract

Rape is a complicated crime in term of law enforcement. It is usually occurred by someone who has close relationship or connection to the victim. The availability of evidence is also limited. Unfortunately, sexual violence victim often does not receive proper handling from law enforcement. In several cases, the judge undermined victim’s testimony because of past sexual history and lack of resistance that led to more lenient punishment or acquit the defendant. Therefore, I assert that rape law itself should be revised to minimize judge’s prejudice or bias to several shreds of evidence. I suggest that Indonesia could learn from U.S. rape shield law that gives more protection to sexual violence victim. This law encourages the victim to report and increases the probability of conviction because it excludes victim’s previous sexual history and lack of resistance.

Bahasa Abstract

Perkosaan merupakan kejahatan yang rumit dalam hal penegakan hukum. Kejahatan ini biasanya dilakulan oleh seseorang yang memiliki hubungan dekat dengan korban. Ketersediaan bukti juga terbatas. Sayangnya, korban perkosaan yang mengalami kekerasan seksual seringkali tidak mendapatkan penanganan yang layak dari penegak hukum. Dalam beberapa kasus, hakim menilai rendah keterangan korban karena riwayat seksual korban dan ketiadaan perlawanan yang mengarah pada hukuman rendah atau justru membebaskan terdakwa. Oleh karena itu, saya menegaskan bahwa pengaturan mengenai hukum dalam kejahatan perkosaan itu seharusnya direvisi untuk meminimalisir prasangka dan/atau bias hakim dalam pembuktian. Saya menyarankan bahwa Indonesia dapat mempelajari hukum pemerkosaan di Amerika Serikat yang memberikan perlindungan lebih kepada korban kekerasan seksual. Hukum ini mendukung korban untuk melaporkan dan meningkatkan probabilitas penghukuman karena mengecualikan riwayat seksual korban dan ketiadaan perlawanan korban.

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