Harry Will Be Accused and Locked up in Azkaban/ His Escape

[Jim Ferer <jferer@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50936

Megalynn:"Actually as the very first chapter of GOF shows, AK leaves
the body perfectly healthy and fine. The person is simply dead. Canon
plainly shows one can tell if one has been Aked."

I don't think canon plainly shows that one can detect AK.  It does
show that Muggle coroners couldn't, but that's to be expected. 
Wizards can tell better, probably, and they may be able to detect AK;
OTOH, they may only be able to infer it from the absence of any other
explanation for the death.

Still, it's only one way to bring Harry under false charges.  They'll
try another.

Megalynn:As for Harry's skill, again, in the Dark Mark chapter, while
at first a few wizards are so scared they want to blame the trio,
rational finale does set in that these children simply could not have
made the Dark Mark. I think the AK would have to be 10 times harder
and so of course I think any grown logical wizard would plainly know
(including the Digorys who met with Harry after the task) that Harry
couldn't have done it."

The only wizard that accused the trio was Barty Sr., and he was
probably afraid already that his son had gotten loose and done it.  I
don't see any foundation for your assertion that Avada Kedavra is more
difficult than the Dark Mark spell.  Less people would know the Dark
Mark spell - who would learn it but a Death Eater? - but AK, that
Harry might have learned during the year, and he can't prove he
didn't.  The person who was most likely to have taught him how is now
worse than dead.  Proving a negative is a very tough thing to do.

Also remember this: we're not dealing with 'grown logical wizards'
here, we're dealing with villains who want to get Harry.

Megalynn:"I am not saying that the deatheaters won't try to get Harry
discredited and sent away to St. Mungus or Azkaban, but I think Harry
has already been cleared of any wrong doing at the end of GOF."

Harry hasn't been actively accused that we know of.  He was not
cleared of anything. I agree, I would have expected to hear something
before the end of GoF, but the door is not closed, especially if
there's trumped up 'new evidence.'  (An example: Draco, Crabbe, or
Goyle come forward and tell how Harry threatened them with AK,
bragging that he knows it now so they'd better watch their step.) 
This would have the benefit from the Death Eater point of view of
alienating Harry from the Hogwarts students and the public.

Actually, I agree with you that the "Harry murdered Cedric" scenario
is less likely than some others, especially some fresh accusation we
can't yet see; but there's no reason to believe he *can't* be accused
of murdering Cedric.

Jim Ferer