Questions about MoM Political and Legal Systems

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 37033

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "brenna_britton" <brenna_britton at h...> 
wrote:
 
> And what happened to "innocent until proven guilty"? 

Good question - I figure it to be one of the main themes in *every* 
book.

Book#1:
Snape thinks Harry "wants to be a celebrity" - couldn't be *more* 
wrong. Also, Harry doubts Snape about wanting to steal the stone - 
but finds out it was Quirrell.

Book#2:
Harry is blamed falsely for doing magic, and of petrifications 
happening around. Harry doubts Malfoy, but has learned and sets out 
to figure out the truth - Malfoy knew nothing. We also find that 
Hagrid's expellation 50 years earlier wasn't his fault at all.

Book#3:
Need it be said? Sirius, falsely accused of murdering a man who is 
still alive.

Book #4:
Nearly everyone believes Harry managed to plot his way into the 
Tournament. Karkaroff is under doubt by some who believed Harry 
didn't - but it wasn't him at all...

Then of course, in all, we have Dursleys/Snape blaming Harry for just 
about everything... Mostly when Harry doesn't know he did it, or did 
not do it...

Finwitch