why kill Pettigrew

[kiricat2001 <Zarleycat@aol.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49864

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eillim022861 
 'is Lupin evil?' debate.  Personally I don't think 
> he is, but I wondered why he was so keen to dispatch 
> Pettigrew.

> Surely, it would be better to have Pettigrew alive so that he could 
> be questioned and his story substantiated.  Would the fact that he 
> was dead automatically have cleared Sirius.  After all, even 
> Dumbledore believed that Sirius betrayed the Potters and he also 
> commented on the low opinion of werewolves within the wizarding 
> community.  I can understand that Sirius, after 12 years in Azkaban 
> would feel vengeful and apt to act first, think later, but Lupin?  
> Also, murdering some-one in front of 3 children isn't really 
> something a Professor should be considering.

Unless Lupin was using that time-honored Snape tactic of threatening 
awful things and not really going through with them (threatening 
Neville with the death of Trevor, etc.)  Perhaps Remus considered 
that the threat of death would be enough to make Peter fall to his 
knees, abjectly wailing and moaning and beating his breast, begging 
for forgiveness for all the wrongs he has committed. At that point 
Remus might have said, "Okay Peter, we've changed our minds. We won't 
kill you. And we will do our best to help mitigate your sentence, but 
you must tell this story to the Ministry to clear Sirius and allow 
Harry to go leave the horrible Dursleys and go live with someone who 
will truly care for him."

> eillim (who really likes Lupin and Snape)

Well, eillim, you get points for Lupin, but we obviously have to work 
on that Snape thing.... ;-)

Marianne