KEKUATAN PEMBUKTIAN TINDAK PIDANA PEMBUNUHAN DENGAN SIDIK JARI DALAM HUKUM ACARA PIDANA

Abstract

This study aims to determine the function and evidentiary power of the crime of murder with fingerprints in the criminal procedure law in force in Indonesia. Murder is an act that causes the loss of a person's life by unlawful or unlawful means. The crime of murder is usually motivated by various motives, such as politics, revenge, self-defense, jealousy and others. Fingerprints are evidence that must be presented in the trial process. The type of research used is normative legal research in the form of library research using 3 legal materials, namely primary legal materials, secondary legal materials and tertiary legal materials. This legal research focuses on literature study which means more reviewing and studying. Fingerprints have a very important function and role for investigators in uncovering a criminal case. The strength of fingerprint evidence can also be seen as stated in Article 184 of the Criminal Procedure Code.