[ABSTRAK Kekuasaan kehakiman menurut UUD Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 1945merupakan kekuasaan yang merdeka yang dilakukan oleh sebuah Mahkamah Agungdan badan peradilan di bawahnya, dan oleh sebuah Mahkamah Konstitusi, untukmenyelenggarakan peradilan guna menegakkan hukum dan keadilan. MahkamahAgung adalah Pengadilan Negara Tertinggi dari semua lingkungan peradilan, yangdalam melaksanakan tugasnya terlepas dari pengaruh pemerintah dan pengaruhpengaruhlainnya. Mahkamah Agung dalam memberikan pemberatan dalam hukumanharus sesuai dengan nilai-nilai, norma hukum dan peraturan perundang-undanganyang berlaku di Indonesia. Hal-hal yang menjadi dasar Mahkamah Agung dalammemperberat hukuman antara lain: UUD 1945 sebagai landasan hukum negaraIndonesia, asas hukum yang adil yang merupakan dasar untuk memutus suatuperkara, dan kekuasaan kehakiman, yakni kebebasan hakim dalam memutus suatuperkara terlepas dari pengaruh negara, pemerintah ataupun kekuasaan politik lainnya.Korupsi merupakan kejahatan luar biasa, dikatakan demikian karena tindak pidanakorupsi dapat membahayakan stabilitas dan keamanan negara dan masyarakatnya,membahayakan pembangunan sosial dan ekonomi masyarakat, politik, bahkan dapatpula merusak nilai-nilai demokrasi serta moralitas bangsa karena dapat berdampakmembudayanya tindak pidana korupsi. Maka dari itu diperlukan upaya hukum yangluar biasa pula untuk memberantas tindak pidana korupsi. Salah satunya adalahdengan memberikan pemberatan hukuman bagi pelaku tindak pidana korupsi.Pemberatan hukuman terhadap terdakwa tindak pidana korupsi tidak semata-matasebagai pembalasan yang tidak beralasan, pemberatan hukuman terhadap pelakutindak pidana korupsi yang dilakukan oleh Mahkamah Agung ini mempunyaibeberapa tujuan antara lain: untuk menegakkan hukum dan keadilan, untukkesejahteraan rakyat dan untuk pembaharuan hukum dan pembangunan hukum. ABSTRACT Judicial power by the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia Year 1945 is theindependent power carried by a Supreme Court and judicial bodies underneath, andby a Constitutional Court, to organize judiciary to enforce the law and justice. TheSupreme Court is the Supreme Court of the State of all courts, which in carrying outtheir duties free from the influence of government and other influences. The SupremeCourt in giving the weighing of punishment should be in accordance with the values,norms, laws and regulations in force in Indonesia. Matters on which the SupremeCourt in aggravate the punishment include: 1945 is the legal foundation of theIndonesian state, the legal principle of fair which is the basis for deciding a case, andjudicial authorities, namely the independence of judges in deciding a case apart fromthe influence of the state, government or other political powers. Corruption is anextraordinary crime, said that because of corruption may endanger the stability andsecurity of the state and society, endanger the social and economic development ofsociety, politics, and may even undermine democratic values and morality as theyaffect the unsupported corruption. Therefore required extraordinary legal remedyanyway to eradicate corruption. One way is to give a weighting of convictions forcorruption. Weighting the punishment of the accused of corruption is not solely inretaliation unwarranted, weighting the punishment of perpetrators of criminal acts ofcorruption committed by the Supreme Court has several objectives: to enforce the lawand justice, for the welfare of the people and for the renewal of the law and legaldevelopment.;Judicial power by the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia Year 1945 is theindependent power carried by a Supreme Court and judicial bodies underneath, andby a Constitutional Court, to organize judiciary to enforce the law and justice. TheSupreme Court is the Supreme Court of the State of all courts, which in carrying outtheir duties free from the influence of government and other influences. The SupremeCourt in giving the weighing of punishment should be in accordance with the values,norms, laws and regulations in force in Indonesia. Matters on which the SupremeCourt in aggravate the punishment include: 1945 is the legal foundation of theIndonesian state, the legal principle of fair which is the basis for deciding a case, andjudicial authorities, namely the independence of judges in deciding a case apart fromthe influence of the state, government or other political powers. Corruption is anextraordinary crime, said that because of corruption may endanger the stability andsecurity of the state and society, endanger the social and economic development ofsociety, politics, and may even undermine democratic values and morality as theyaffect the unsupported corruption. Therefore required extraordinary legal remedyanyway to eradicate corruption. One way is to give a weighting of convictions forcorruption. Weighting the punishment of the accused of corruption is not solely inretaliation unwarranted, weighting the punishment of perpetrators of criminal acts ofcorruption committed by the Supreme Court has several objectives: to enforce the lawand justice, for the welfare of the people and for the renewal of the law and legaldevelopment., Judicial power by the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia Year 1945 is theindependent power carried by a Supreme Court and judicial bodies underneath, andby a Constitutional Court, to organize judiciary to enforce the law and justice. TheSupreme Court is the Supreme Court of the State of all courts, which in carrying outtheir duties free from the influence of government and other influences. The SupremeCourt in giving the weighing of punishment should be in accordance with the values,norms, laws and regulations in force in Indonesia. Matters on which the SupremeCourt in aggravate the punishment include: 1945 is the legal foundation of theIndonesian state, the legal principle of fair which is the basis for deciding a case, andjudicial authorities, namely the independence of judges in deciding a case apart fromthe influence of the state, government or other political powers. Corruption is anextraordinary crime, said that because of corruption may endanger the stability andsecurity of the state and society, endanger the social and economic development ofsociety, politics, and may even undermine democratic values and morality as theyaffect the unsupported corruption. Therefore required extraordinary legal remedyanyway to eradicate corruption. One way is to give a weighting of convictions forcorruption. Weighting the punishment of the accused of corruption is not solely inretaliation unwarranted, weighting the punishment of perpetrators of criminal acts ofcorruption committed by the Supreme Court has several objectives: to enforce the lawand justice, for the welfare of the people and for the renewal of the law and legaldevelopment.] |