OOP - Veritaserum

[pk_dawson]

No: HPFGUIDX 66904

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Andrea" <crawford1270 at y...> 
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> Does anyone else wonder why Harry was not just given Veritaserum by 
> the ministry in lieu of his sham of a hearing?  Aside from the 
> obviously ploy by the ministry to find him guilty and get him out of 
> the way regardless of of the rules?  I find it odd that Dumbledore 
> would parade a dubious witness (At least in the MOM's eyes) that 
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> could easily find fault with instead of offering the path of least 
> resistance...aka let Harry drink the serum and satisfy the members 
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> the jury.  For that matter, why did they not administer the serum to 
> Harry at the end of GoF, to verify his version of events to the 
> ministry, thus ensuring them that LV had returned to power??
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> Just Wondering,
> Andrea ( who doesn't really care WHAT JKR decides to write...as long 
> as she continues to do so...:)


My best guess is that Veritaserum has some sort of nasty side 
effect(s), which is one of the reasons why it is so restricted. But 
maybe this is something of a Flint, because then why wasn't it used at 
the Death Eater trials we saw in GoF? *shrug* Dumbledore certainly 
didn't seem to doubt its effectiveness, even on a powerful dark wizard 
like Crouch.