[HPforGrownups] Not So Faithful (was: Re: The Imperius Curse

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 3016

Susan McGee wrote:

> For example, he authorized the
> Aurors to kill, and he put Sirius Black in Azkaban without a trial
> (hmmm..although Dumbledore says that he himself testified that Black
> was the Potters secret-keeper, so is this an inconsistency or was
> there a hearing at which Black was not allowed?)

Presumably the latter, since the accused isn't necessarily there at a
hearing. There's lots of ways to review a case without a formal trial
with a jury and all.

> Junior might have looked like a pure fanatic, but as was just
> pointed out he denied Voldemort in order to escape Azkeban, and then
> became most angry/vengeful towards those who had SUCCESSFULLY denied
> Voldemort and escaped Azkeban.

No, he wasn't angry that they successfully denied Voldemort to get out
of Azkaban. He was angry that they did deny him, stayed out, and then
didn't go try to *find* him. He was angry that they denounced him and
then got on with their lives--if they had denounced him to get free and
then gone on a Voldemort-search, that would have been fine.

I still don't think Barty Jr. denied Voldemort, anyway--he denied
involvement in the crime in question. But anyway, his motives were
"pure" from his own and Voldemort's viewpoints; he wanted to be free to
be able to find Voldemort and restore him, and any means to that end
would be okay.

--Amanda