[HPforGrownups]: "ARGH!"/Truth &Justice

[silmariel]

No: HPFGUIDX 67790


"ARGH!" List

 bboy_mn:

<< When Umbridge caught the D.A.'s coming out of the room and brought
 Harry to Dumbledore's office where she presented the list of names of
 Dumbledore's Army as evidents, I couldn't understand why they didn't
 use the most obvious explaination to discredit that piece of evidence.>>

I was shocked at DD, when he didn't use the same excuse the second time. The 
List was not an incriminating proof. It was written and signed two days 
before it was illegal to do it, so it wasn't proof of anything. It was found 
in the room, and? It is not a crime having a written list of people with you. 

TRUTH AND JUSTICE

bboy_mn:
<<It is up to the court to prove you guilty, and not up to you to prove you 
are innocent, or at least that is the theoretical principle behind democratic 
justice. The wizard world does have a Wizards Chart or Rights, so they do 
recognise that defendants have rights, and can not be compelled to give
testimony against themselves.>>
 
But DD administered Veritaserum to Barty Crouch Jr.,  and he is the good one. 
Fudge doesn't even blink when he is told, he prefers dementorization. They 
may have a Wizards Chart of Rights, but it seems it is not for everyone 
(Sirius, Hagrid, Barty, Lucius...)

I include Lucius, yes. Azkaban without trial. What is Veritaserum compared to 
this?  

silmariel