Death and Justice

[dicentra63]

No: HPFGUIDX 36985

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "talondg" <trog at w...> wrote:
> 
> We are also told that Voldy intends to kill Harry and his father.
> Lilly Potter is not on the target list - why? It's not like Voldy has
> any problem killing off innocents. 
> 
> I cannot help but think that she was promised to Wormtail, as
> reward....

Omigosh!  Have we had this theoretical variation yet?  Does it have a
name!  Tabouli's out for a bit, so maybe we'll have to wait for an
acronym.  (Can I suggest "M.A.K.E.M.E.B.A.R.F."?)
 
> Death isn't punishment. Death is the removal of a danger that cannot
> be removed any other way. Can you rehabilitate a scorpion?

I'm afraid I'm in this camp.  Dealing out death is certainly not a
thing to be done casually, but given Pettigrew's total lack of remorse
and his past actions, there is every reason to believe he will take
life again. Granted, in our justice system, we can't punish people for
what we think they might do in the future (thank heaven), but the WW
operates under different rules.  Would Siri and Remus be guilty of
murder had they killed him?  Under U.S. Law, yes.  In the WW, who knows?

--Dicentra, who still doesn't have any pity for Peter as he writhes on
the floor crying crocodile tears