Indonesian Criminal Law Procedure Paradigm Shift: Establishing the Virtual Criminal Court

Abstract

Indonesia, like other countries in the world, struggles as pandemic strikes. Such condition force every subject involved in the criminal justice system to administer technology to suppress the spread of the virus by social distancing. However, the sudden turn to employ modern technology has made the justice system moved into a new place called the virtual court. This pandemic situation also forces the shift of the conventional criminal court to the virtual criminal court paradigm. This article discusses the history of virtual criminal court in Indonesian Criminal Justice. This research employs a descriptive-normative method. The information collected by applying a historical approach and theoretical approach. Relevant data then studied and evaluated. The result then explained and described clearly. Indonesia is ready to implement virtual criminal justice. The shift from formal criminal court proceeding into virtual criminal court proceeding is applicable in Indonesia since 2002.