Trial of The Century

The Ferdy Sambo trial may be the biggest trial of this century. The first round has ended, but there is still the next round.

KOMPAS/RONY ARIYANTO NUGROHO

The defendant Ferdy Sambo left the courtroom after the death sentence was read out at the South Jakarta District Court, Jakarta, Monday (13/2/2023).

The gavel of lead judge Wahyu Iman Santoso, who presided the judicial panel at the South Jakarta District Court, temporarily ended debate at the trial when it sounded on Wednesday, 15 Feb. 2023. It is natural that there are pros and cons. The judges’ verdict exceeded the prosecutors’ demands.

This of course must be used as material for comprehensive evaluation at the Prosecutors' Office. How can the state prosecutors’ sense of justice be so different from the judicial panel’s sense of justice in the same trial? They might be hearing a case in the same place, with the same individuals and the same witnesses, but the sense of justice can still be different.