Everyone has the same right and duties before the law which made everyone isudguaranted to get their rights recognized and shall rank equal with each other. It alsoudincludes equality for persons with disabilities who have the same rights and obligationsudwith normal people. This equality is intended for all aspects of life including equaludbefore the law without discrimination, to receive protection and equal benefit of the lawudbut the presence of persons with disabilities is not currently fully recognized.this isudevident from the lack of fulfillment of the rights, protection and even discrimination. Inudthe field of law, witnesses with disabilities are ignored because they are not capable ofudlaw and not in the category of full testimony, which is able to see, hear and experience.udProving criminal offenses involving persons with disabilities is hampered themselvesudand other with disabilities. Obstacles faced in handling criminal cases involving personsudwith disabilities,among others, the view that the testimony of persons with disabilitiesuddo not have the force of law, the existence of communication problems with disabilities,udespecially deaf persons who require a sign language interpreter to express his statementudas a witness. In the provisionof sign language interpreters are also experiencingudproblems. To the research conducted by reviewing the laws relating to the strength ofudthe testimony of witness evidence deaf persons in criminal justice process to determineudwhether the statements of witnesses with a deaf have the same evidentiary strengthudvalues with anormal witness testimony and to know the dinamics of the examination ofudthe witness deaf in criminal proceedings.the results of this research is that the witnessudtestimony of deaf have the same strength of evidence that there are normal peopleudbecause equality principle and the deaf sworn witness testimony that also strengthens.udWhen the deaf require sign language interpreters, then its’s permissible for the deaf hasudthe particularity to be met and translator also have to understand what is exressed by theuddeaf and translators also be sworn to tell the truth without the plus or minus. From thisudthen judge who determines whether the caption deaf can be considered in makinguddecisions. To the dynamics in the eximination is difficulty in communication betweenudlaw enforcement officers with the deaf, no regulation regarding operating standards forudlaw enforcement officer who are dealing with the deaf and the lack of rules andudclassifications for sign language interpreters also become dynamics.
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