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        "id": 1975390,
        "msgid": "yusril-asserts-that-acquittal-verdicts-cannot-be-subject-to-appeal-or-cassation-1789196304",
        "date": "2026-09-12 13:19:03",
        "title": "Yusril asserts that acquittal verdicts cannot be subject to appeal or cassation",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "The Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correctional Affairs, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, has emphasised that court acquittals are final and cannot be challenged through appeal or cassation. This stance follows the implementation of the new Criminal Procedure Code and Supreme Court Circular Letter No. 4 of 2026.",
        "content": "<p>The Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and\nCorrectional Affairs, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, has asserted that court\nacquittal verdicts cannot be subject to appeal or cassation.<\/p>\n<p>When confirmed in Jakarta on Saturday, he reminded that with the\nenactment of Law Number 20 of 2025 concerning the Criminal Procedure\nCode (KUHAP), there are fundamental changes regarding legal remedies\nagainst acquittal verdicts. Article 299, paragraph (2), point a of the\nKUHAP, he stated, explicitly determines that applications for cassation\nexamination cannot be filed against acquittal verdicts.<\/p>\n<p>This provision is further reinforced by the Supreme Court Circular\nLetter (SEMA) Number 4 of 2026 regarding Guidelines for Legal Remedies\nagainst Acquittal, Discharge, and Appeal Verdicts, as well as Appeals\nand Cassations that do not meet formal requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSEMA Number 4 of 2026 is very clear: no legal remedies, whether\nappeal or cassation, can be filed against an acquittal. Therefore, an\nacquittal must provide legal certainty and serve as the final point of\nthe legal proceedings,\u201d said Yusril.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, he continued, the Supreme Court has reaffirmed that\nacquittal or \u2018vrijspraak\u2019 cannot be subject to any legal remedy, either\nappeal or cassation.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the Coordinating Minister requested that no distinction be\nmade between \u2018pure acquittal\u2019 and \u2018impure acquittal\u2019 as a basis for\nfiling legal remedies against an acquittal. \u201cSuch categories are not\nrecognised in the new KUHAP,\u201d Yusril emphasised.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, criminal procedure law must provide certainty as to\nwhen legal proceedings against an individual must end. He noted that\nwhile the state possesses the authority to prosecute and adjudicate,\nsuch authority is limited by the law.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, Yusril continued, if a court has declared an\nindividual acquitted, the law must respect that freedom. \u201cThose who have\nbeen acquitted should not continue to be haunted by legal processes\nbecause ways are being sought to file legal remedies. That contradicts\nthe principles of legal certainty and justice,\u201d Yusril said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/yusril-asserts-that-acquittal-verdicts-cannot-be-subject-to-appeal-or-cassation-1789196304",
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