Snape, Sirius, the Dementors

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No: HPFGUIDX 34227

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "ssk7882" <theennead at a...> wrote:
> Cindy wrote:
> 
> > During one of my anti-Snape rants, someone (pigwidgeon?) 
> > kindly informed me that Snape had every opportunity to 
> > turn Black over to the dementors in PoA.  <snip>
> 
> No!  Wait, Cindy!  Don't give up!  All is not lost!
> 
> How's this?  Snape takes Black back to the castle, rather than
> handing him over to the dementors, because he thinks that he'll
> get more *glory* that way.
> 

As a fan of Snape's character, I have to say he does not turn Black 
over to the dementors because Snape hates the dementors quite like 
Dumbledore does. The dementors are a cruel, barbaric way to treat 
prisoners, and as we saw with Crouch Jr., they are not at all useful 
for interrogation.

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