[HPforGrownups] Expelling Draco?

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 71541

silmariel wrote:
> 
>  T.M. Sommers:
> <<I think a competent prosecutor might be able to persuade a jury 
> that Malfoy had murderous intent.
> 
> little Alex:
> <<In addition, Draco was 12 at the time of the duel and 14 when he tried to 
> curse Harry. So, no, my Draco baby is quite safe, thanks very much.

He might be safe, but no one around him is.

> I hope so. I still am resented with Hermione for being guilty of kidnapping, I 
> would be out of another world if a jinx is charged 10 years in azkaban (for 
> Draco) and kidnapping is charged with nothing (for Hermione).

That wasn't kidnapping, it was citizen's arrest.  Hermione 
captured a dangerous criminal (an unregistered animagus), and 
simply forgot to mention it to the authorities.