Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze the legal protection of victims of sexual intercourse in the criminal justice process against residents who experience mild mental retardation. The approach method used is empirical juridical lemphasizes obtaining legal knowledge empirically by going directly to the object with the theory of intentionality and will towards the problem under study. The results of the study that the application of legal protection for victims of the crime of sexual intercourse in the criminal justice process for victims of crime, especially victims of mild mental retardation/intellectual disability, to get protection in the form of granting victims' rights. The existence of compensation in the form of compensation, restitution and rehabilitation provided by the perpetrator to the victim considering the impact caused by the perpetrator's actions, physical, social, and psychological impacts. Although the defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for 7 (seven) years and 6 (six) months. The sentence handed down to the perpetrator is not commensurate with the suffering experienced by the victim.

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