[HPforGrownups] Lawbreaking Among HP Adult Characters

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 28299


Saturday, October 27, 2001, 8:57:20 AM, Cindy C. wrote:

CC> Dumbledore:  aiding and abetting Black's escape; thwarting Buckbeak's 
CC> execution; encouraging breaking rules on time turner use; use of 
CC> Veritaserum; spreading word of Voldemort's return at MoM and Hogwarts 
CC> (which may break the Code of Wizarding Secrecy); maybe sending envoys 
CC> to the giants.

Haboring a mad and probably dangerous parselmouth (from MoM's POV).

CC> Snape: Provided the Veritaserum.  Failed to blow the whistle on 
CC> Black.

Threatened a student with Veritaserum.

CC> McGonagal: ... Also obtained the Time Turner
CC> for a student, promising only to allow her to use it for her studies.

This was authorized by the MoM, not criminal act.

CC> Molly, Arthur and Bill Weasley: Undermining Fudge at MoM with news of 
CC> Voldemort.

If any of the above is sent to Azakaban for *that*, then Fudge is as
evil as V.

CC> Hagrid:  Illegal dragon breeding.

Illegal magical cross-breeding (i.e. the Skrewts).


That said, I see two other possible scenarios that might bring Harry
to Azkaban:

1. Dumbledore and McGonnegal (and Snape?) are sent to A as part of a
"Saturday Night Massacure" when they fail to follow some Ministry
command from on high (maybe to expel that "mad and possibly dangerous"
parselmouth named Harry Potter).

Or:

2. Voldy releases all his old supporters, and, seeing what a pity it
is to let that nice, big fort go to waste, he uses it to lock up the
good guys (!!!)

Comments?

-- 
Dave