The Not Guilty Verdict on Corruption and Implications for the Suspected In the Social Structure of Society
Dinna Dayana Laode Malim1, Andi Muhammad Sofyan 2, Muhammad Said Karim 3, Abd. asis 4

Program Doktor Ilmu Hukum Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar1, Univeritas Hasanuddin, Makassar 2, Univeritas Hasanuddin, Makassar 3, Univeritas Hasanuddin, Makassar 4

Abstract

Abstract

Corruption is a social parasite that destroys the joints of government structures and is the most important obstacle to development. Corruption is a product of the attitude of life of a group of people who use money as the standard of truth and as absolute power, as a result, rich corruptors and corrupt politicians who have excess money can enter into the ruling elite and are highly respected and occupy high social status. . Corruption is a latent danger whose excess is very detrimental to the state and nation and a scourge for society. However, in the criminal process of corruption, the suspect sometimes might prove not guilty as charge. This article is a legal research with a qualitative descriptive approach with central data collection techniques, observation and interviews. Informants, namely judges during court proceedings, prosecutors, lawyers, suspects and families of suspects who were acquitted. The article will discuss Corruption is the behavior of individuals who use their authority and position for personal gain, harming public and state interests. So corruption is a symptom of misuse and mismanagement of power for personal gain, mismanagement of the resources of the state by using formal powers and powers to enrich oneself. This article will discuss the trial process of corruption cases with acquittal and socio-cultural implications for the suspect and the suspect^s family in everyday life in society. This article will describe the cases of suspected corruption cases, the trial process and the mechanisms that lead to acquittal. In addition, the life of the suspect after the acquittal and the community^s response to the suspect and his family.

Keywords: Keywords: Corruption, Free Decision, Socio-Cultural Implications

Topic: Democracy, Constitution, and Globalization