[HPforGrownups] Expelling Draco?

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 69706

SnapesSlytherin at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 7/10/03 12:40:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> tms2 at mail.ptd.net writes:
> 
>>Right, he was far too lenient to Malfoy.  Malfoy should have been 
>>expelled and sent to Azkaban for 10 years for attacking another 
>>student from behind, a thoroughly despicable act.  Turning him 
>>into a ferret for a few minutes was for all practicable purposes 
>>letting him get away with attempted murder.
> 
> Are you serious?  Aren't we being a *tiny* bit melodramatic here?  "Attempted 
> murder"?  Azkaban?  It's not like he was AK-ing him.  It was just a jinx.  
> There are bigger baddies out there to be worried about than Draco - let's be 
> honest about it.  Draco's not stupid enough to try to kill Harry inside Hogwarts 
> where there are teachers all around.  No one is that stupid - except maybe 
> LV...

I think a competent prosecutor might be able to persuade a jury 
that Malfoy had murderous intent.  At the very least he was 
guilty of assault with a magical weapon.  That should be enough 
for at least a couple of years in chokey.  And we do not know 
what spell Malfoy used.  You can be convicted of attempted murder 
for putting an unloaded gun to someone's head and pulling the 
trigger, so using a non-fatal curse on someone could result in a 
conviction for attempted murder if there was intent to kill.

Remember, also, that he set a poisonous snake on Harry in the 
dueling club, in front of witnesses.