Abstract

This paper aims to describe and analyze premeditated murder as regulated in Article 340 of the Criminal Code from the perspective of a Justice Collaborator in the murder case of Joshua Hutabarat. At the end of the article, it is concluded that: Justice Collaborators are needed when the state has difficulties uncovering and investigating a crime. In Indonesia, the provisions on Justice Collaborators refer to Law Number 13 of 2006 concerning the Protection of Witnesses and Victims, where Justice Collaborators have rights in the form of physical and psychological protection, legal protection, special treatment, and obtaining awards. In disclosing the death case, there has been Obstruction of Justice, with indications of destroying the CCTV DVR at the TKP, engineering the TKP, shooting bullets into the wall of the house, and bribery to close the case. Therefore, in disclosing and investigating it, the panel of judges approved a justice collaborator, namely Richard Eliezer, with the indicator of imposing a light sentence in the form of imprisonment for one year and six months.

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