Abstract
Forensic Medicine has a very important role in disclosing a crime that has occurred, especially for cases that are difficult to solve or require special techniques to disclose. Its also very helpful for law enforcement officers to reveal a criminal act that occurs from the level of investigation to the stage of court against cases related to the human body or soul so as to make light of a criminal act that occurred. In cases related to injuries, health and life of a person caused by a crime, the doctor can explain as an expert witness in the settlement of criminal cases. In this study using a normative juridical method. The results obtained stated that the role of forensics in the examination of the judicial process was intended to determine the presence or absence of persecution, to determine whether or not there was a crime or a violation of decency, to determine the age of a person, to determine the certainty of a baby who died in the womb of a mother and examination at the scene. Cases are usually requested by the authorities, in the event that someone is found dead.
Highlights
In cases related to injuries, health and life of a person caused by a crime, the doctor can explain as an expert witness in the settlement of criminal cases
Efforts made to seek the material truth of a criminal case are intended to avoid mistakes in imposing a criminal offense against a person, this is as stipulated in Article 6 paragraph (2) of Act No 48 of 2009 concerning Judicial Power which states that: " No one can be sentenced to a crime, except if the court, because of the legal evidence according to the law, is convinced that a person who is considered to be responsible has been guilty of the act that has been charged against him
In an examination of a trial of a criminal case, a judge who conducts a trial examination without any evidence, the judge will not be able to know and understand whether a crime has occurred and whether the defendant has committed a crime and is responsible for a criminal event, so there is an evidence is absolutely necessary and must exist, if the court is faced with cases related to injuries, forensic doctors play a very important role in law enforcement to reveal evidence that can be in the form of a body or part of the human body
Summary
In an examination of a trial of a criminal case, a judge who conducts a trial examination without any evidence, the judge will not be able to know and understand whether a crime has occurred and whether the defendant has committed a crime and is responsible for a criminal event, so there is an evidence is absolutely necessary and must exist, if the court is faced with cases related to injuries, forensic doctors play a very important role in law enforcement to reveal evidence that can be in the form of a body or part of the human body.
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