Blockchain Adoption for Plea Bargaining of Corporate Crime in Indonesia

Abstract

The rise of corporate crime cases now shows that the handling has not found the right model, even though so far there has been a concept of legal settlement outside the court, otherwise known as plea bargaining. In addition to those who support, there are criticisms of the use of plea bargaining (such as too much discretion of prosecutors in plea bargaining, lack of legal substance that limits the possibility of abuse of authority by law enforcement officials, and the possibility of guilty plea not yet actual), but this criticism can be refuted through the use of blockchain technology in the mechanism of plea bargaining. In Indonesia, the regulation of the bargaining of corporate crime plea is still limited to the draft law. In fact, the draft is still not in accordance with the spirit of plea bargaining itself, such as the defendant whose plea bargaining application was received must still be tried through a short event examination, it does not regulate which types of criminal acts are categorized as special lines, bidding restrictions or negotiations between the defendant and the claimant general, and what form of waivers or rewards or concessions can be offered by public prosecutors. This shows the importance and urgency to build a transparent, efficient, fast and inexpensive plea bargaining model in Indonesia through the use of blockchain technology. In addition, the use of blockchain technology can provide adequate outputs and outcomes in dealing with corporate crime, because any data, information, complaints, and reports that are inputted based on each block will be automatically integrated into the fairness, legal certainty, and public benefit values as an independent and accountable decisionmaking tool for the authorities.