Azkaban

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 9191

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> 
wrote:

> They also obviously have a medieval legal system, since they are
> throwing people like Sirius in prison without a trial.

Not a medieval legal system, just suspending the constitution during 
a 'state of emergency'. President Lincoln suspended habeas corpus.
> 
> I just had a horrible thought -- What if Sirius' name is cleared,
> but then he gets busted for being an unregistered animagus??

If the current head of Magical Law Enforcement has any decency at 
all (I know, that's a big IF), he'll just sentence Sirius to time 
served. Or try him before a jury of middle-aged witches who were 
young and pretty when he was....