Moody/Snape

[bookraptor11]

No: HPFGUIDX 56762

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kelly Grosskreutz" 
<ivanova at i...> wrote:

> > Even if his trial took place in public (and I believe it did) it
> > doesn't seem to be public knowledge in the WW that he once was a 
DE.
> > Otherwise , people would probably be worried about an ex-DE being
> > their children's teacher (like they were worried about a werewolf
> > teaching their children) .
> 
> Also my main reason for believing his trial was not public and only 
certain
> people knew about it.  More found out about it at Karkaroff's 
trial, but
> even that one must not have been that public.  After all, Karkaroff 
was
> going to name names, and I don't think the enforcement agency would 
want the
> WW in general to know who had been named, or else it would be 
impossible to
> catch those people.  Therefore, this little piece of info must not 
be
> well-known or else DD, Snape, the MoM, and who knows who else would 
be
> getting owls to this effect.

At Karkaroff's hearing Crouch says, "Snape has been cleared by this 
council. He has been vouched for by Albus Dumbledore."  I have the 
feeling that right after Voldemort's disappearance there was too much 
chaos for trials and due process of the law.  I think a lot of 
wizards and witches were rounded up and imprisoned first and 
questions asked later.

I can see the MOM, Dumbledore, and a few others (aurors?) going 
through lists of names, crossing some off after debating their guilt, 
and holding some over for trial. Snape may have been vouched for by D 
and cleared at this point, the others willing to take his word. Snape 
could have been released from Azkaban without ever coming to trial.

This is only speculation, but I think Karkaroff already had his trial 
and sentencing, and what Harry witnessed was his later attempt to get 
a lighter sentence by naming names. K says to Crouch, "I know that 
the Ministry is trying to round up the last of the Dark Lord's 
supporters."  The words "last of" suggests to me a cleaning up action 
after the bulk of the trials were over.

This would make sense if D's three memories were in chronological 
order. Karkaroff has been tried and sentenced fairly early on, and 
when we see him he's been in Azkaban long enough for his robes to be 
ragged.

Bagman's could have come after that. He's described as lean and fit, 
but I have a feeling due to his celebrity status he never spent any 
time in 
Azkaban while awaiting trial. He's nervous but not haunted. Also, 
he's not accused of being a DE, but is answering to lesser charges of 
passing information to V's supporters. This is something that only 
would have been attended to after all the alleged DE's were gone 
through.

We know from Dumbledore that the Lestranges and Crouch Jr. attacked 
the Longbottoms after "everyone thought they were safe". All trials, 
even the minor ones, must have been over long enough for people to 
feel secure all the DEs were caught. If we knew how old Neville was 
when his parents were 
attacked, we'd have a definite date.

I find it interesting that of the three trials, Harry only saw Rita 
Skeeter at Bagman's. It could be that she only attended his because 
of his celebrity and ignored the others.  I do think it more likely  
the other two were not open to the public (and press).  Although 
being an animagus she could have found out and attended them anyway. 
Harry wouldn't have known.  She didn't hesitate to infiltrate 
Hogwarts and publish things that she shouldn't have had any way of 
knowing. She doesn't seem to be afraid that leaking information could 
cause her illegal animagus status to become known.

Donna