[HPforGrownups] Veritaserum

[Lumen]

No: HPFGUIDX 19595

- Joy - wrote:

> Sorry, I can't find the original message in this thread, but we were
> discussing why Veritaserum wasn't used to clear Sirius.  IMHO, it's
> like a lie detector test.  Some people trust it and think it works,
> some don't.  Or maybe it's not used because it could be abused to
> obtain a confession
> against someone's will (like police brutality), making it difficult to
> trust and hard to prove as admissible evidence.


While I think it best if I avoid all indepth considerations about potions, being only  tea-toddler-- just a quick note on Sirius.  If I understood Sirius correctly when he was talking to the three in his hideout cave, he did not have a trail.  Crouch had him sent directly to Azkaban.  The whole portrait being painted at that point is that he was used as a pawn to satisfy the fear and anger of the wizarding community....  Ah, but I just thought of something else.  Doesn't it say at the end of PoA that Dumbledore himself gave evidence that Black had been the Potter's secret-keeper...  How do those two work together?  Any lawyers in this family?

Maria
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