[HPforGrownups] Re: Another question about the "Witch Hunts" (Veritaserum)

[Sherry Garfio]

No: HPFGUIDX 47785

Kethlenda wrote:
<HUGE SNIP>
> Why didn't the Ministry of Magic administer Veritaserum to
> the accused Death Eaters, and get around the whole
> problem of trying to figure out whether they had acted
> of their own free will?  I've come up with a couple of
> possible answers:
> 
> (1) It's an accidental plot hole.
> (2) Only Snape knows how to make it, and either he
> didn't know how to make it yet at that time, or else
> was not trusted with such an important matter.
> (3) Some high muckety-mucks in the MOM didn't *want*
> the whole truth told, because they were afraid their
> own dirty laundry would be aired.

I vote for #3.  Note also that Fudge went behind Dumbledore's back very swiftly
to bring a Dementor into the castle to Kiss Crouch Jr.  He knows very well how
Dumbledore feels about the Dementors.  IIRC, he knew that Dumbledore had just
heard Barty's Veritaserum-induced confession, and he probably felt an urgent
need to silence him before he could be questioned further.  Barty Jr went
kicking and screaming to Azkaban, proclaiming his innocence and begging his
father to listen.  Perhaps Fudge knows something about that.  Maybe he worked
under Crouch at the time.  Obviously, Crouch Jr is now working for Voldemort,
but was it his false imprisonment (both in Azkaban and in his father's house)
at the hands of his own father that drove him to it?

(Apologies if this has been brought up recentl; I've skipped quite a few posts
in an attempt to catch up <G>.)

Sherry


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