OoP: Same old sorry Fudge...

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 62352

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kelly Grosskreutz" <ivanova at i...> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> > Lucius Malfoy in prison already? No trial? No appeal?
> >
> > Not that I have the slightest bit of sympathy for Lucius. In fact, I  hope
> he
> > becomes the girlfriend of a troll in there, but the fact remains, Fudge
> still has a
> > disturbing tendency to issue summary justice.
> >
> > Darrin
> 
> Kelly:
> 
> I was discussing this very thing with a friend last night, and she pointed
> out something I had forgotten.  In CoS, Hagrid is sent to Azkaban on
> suspicion that he opened the Chamber again.  It was supposed to be a
> temporary measure.  We never got the impression from that book that it 
would
> be permanent without a trial or hearing or something.  Maybe this is what
> they did with this batch of DE's.  They are arrested and sent to prison
> pending trial.  We don't know for sure, haven't heard one way or the other.
> 
> Kelly Grosskreutz
> http://www.idcnet.com/~ivanova


This all occurred to me, Kelly, but then why did Draco say, "He'll break out" 
rather than "He'll hire the best lawyer and get off?"

Even if you're right, and you could very well be, I dislike Fudge's notion of 
justice. It is obvious to me that if V-mort were to fake his own death, Fudge 
would go right back to believing he was dead and trying to discredit anyone 
who says different.

Darrin
-- Girlfriend of a troll? C'mon, that was a little funny.