Letting People Know About Sirius/Pettigrew (Was: Re: Contacting parents)

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No: HPFGUIDX 55974

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Andrea <ra_1013 at y...> wrote:

'Dumbledore CAN'T take official action on the Scabbers situation, 
because the official position is that Peter Pettigrew is dead and 
Scabbers is a rat.  So any action he'd take is a purely personal one 
in which he's free to use his own judgment to conclude that the 
Weasleys are not in danger. I don't think there's really any 
comparison between the two decisions.


Andrea'

I am curious about whether people here agree with the decision not to 
go public with Sirius' innocence.  I can see why Dumbledore does not 
want to get HRH involved with the MoM, but there is a life at stake 
here.

What if Harry were staying at the Burrow, and Sirius comes to visit.  
Ginny spots him, and, not knowing the truth, informs the Ministry.  
The Aurors arrive, capture him, and immediately bring him to the 
Dementors, who give him the Kiss.

If Dumbledore were to have gone public first, then I would think that 
Sirius would at least be given veritasirum first, if only to answer 
any possible doubts in the public mind.

Bill