Sirius's good name and Harry's Quibbler interview (was: Sirius's Property)

[n_longbottom01]

No: HPFGUIDX 81625

 
>>Sue B:

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>Possibly, now, he will be posthumously cleared of all charges and, 
of course, it would be impossible to find the house by anyone not 
authorised anyway. 
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>>KathyK:
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That leads to the question of how quickly Sirius' name will be 
cleared.  The general WW may be willing to believe Harry and 
Dumbledore about him now that Voldemort has been proven alive.  Their 
credibility has increased immmensly.  But will the Ministry be so 
easy to persuade?  As long as Fudge remains Minister, I think the 
path to clearing Sirius will be very difficult.  
 
Fudge obviously has been delivered a crippling blow with the 
revelation of LV's return.  Will he continue to eat humble pie and 
publicly announce Harry and Dumbledore were right about Sirius as 
well?  I'm not convinced it will be so easy to persuade the Ministry 
officials to clear Sirius.  Perhaps they will eventually do so and 
perhaps I'm underestimating the weight Harry and Dumbledore will now 
carry with the Ministry.  
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now me, n_longbottom01:

Depending on how detailed Rita Skeeter's exclusive Quibbler interview 
with Harry was, it could be that Sirius's name has already begun to 
be cleared.  Since Wormtail played such a big part in Voldemort's 
return, you would think that Harry might have mentioned a bit of his 
backstory in the Quibbler article.  I don't see how Harry could give 
a detailed account of Voldemort's return without mentioning Peter 
Petigrew, and I don't see how he could mention Peter Petigrew without 
explaining how it is that Peter is still alive and in Voldemort's 
service.

We know, at the end of OoP, that Rita's article was reprinted in the 
Daily Prophet; Harry's account of events is now accepted in the 
mainstream wizarding world.  If the wizarding world accepts the 
article as true, then I think Sirius's name is cleared.