The Problems of Legal Protection for the Right to Life of Death Penalty Defendants in Indonesia

The death penalty evolved in conjunction with the arrival of humans on earth according to the history of punishment, and a legal culture of retaliation discipline based on theory of final punition applied the death penalty just as a wolf eats a wolf. The study's method of research is the legal-normative research method. The legal approach is based on applicable laws and regulations, legal theory and expert opinion. A secondary-library information study is the normative system. Analyzing that study shows that it is essentially the state that takes away its citizens' rights to life to violate human rights that impose the death penalty. It can, however, be justified as long as its application is based on the defense of other people's human rights and a legally positive state regulation tends to decrease and ultimately eliminate them.