The intended murder of Pettigrew and moral corruption (Was; Vengeance on Sna

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 117067


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
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> 
> Magda:
> > No it wouldn't.  The MOM is far too attached to its 
preconceived notions - and besides, they'd still have Sirius 
pegged as the killer of a dozen muggles.  What had to be proved 
was that Peter was  capable of killing all those people and a 
dead Peter wasn't any good for
 that.
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> Alla:
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> But we don't know, right? Who knows, maybe one person in 
MoM decided to do his/her duty and try to question the story.<

You mean like Shacklebolt and Tonks in OOP? Obviously they 
believed Sirius was innocent, but if they'd said so out loud, they'd 
have been sacked. And if Sirius had been caught they couldn't 
have saved him. Questioning him under veritaserum wouldn't 
have proved anything to the Ministry, because the Ministry 
believed Sirius was  out of his mind.

Pippin