Why Wasn't Hagrid Cleared?

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Phyllis wrote:
> I'm a new member, but thanks to Darrin's kind note about not being 
> afraid to bring up a topic that's probably been discussed a 
million 
> times before, I'm going to bring up a question that I have about 
CoS -
> which is, why does everyone (except Dumbledore) still believe 
Hagrid 
> opened the Chamber of Secrets 50 years ago when it subsequently 
> became clear that Tom Riddle was Voldemort and the true Heir of 
> Slytherin?  As Professor Binns points out, only the Heir of 
Slytherin 
> can open the chamber.  So once Riddle revealed himself as 
Voldemort 
> and the Heir of Slytherin, why didn't everyone put these pieces 
> together and realize that Hagrid was framed?
> 
> The only way I can make this make sense is if Dumbledore is the 
only 
> one who knows that Riddle is Voldemort.  But if Dumbledore's the 
only 
> one who knows, how did he find out something that no one else 
knows, 
> and why did he keep it a secret?  

Hi Phyllis and welcome!
I may well be wrong here but I think Hagrid's name was cleared after 
CoS - this is why he was allowed to become a teacher in PoA if I 
remember rightly. Please tell me if I've got it wrong and it says 
somewhere that he is still considered to have been responsible for 
the first attacks!

Rosie