Sirius' Innocence

[greatelderone]

No: HPFGUIDX 112897

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "huntergreen_3" 
<patientx3 at a...> wrote:
> HunterGreen:
> They had more than Harry's word for it too, there was still the 
fact 
> of Cedric's death and Polyjuiced!Mad-Eye Moody. Yes, they said 
that 
> Barty Jr. was acting under his own insane motives, but I wonder 
how 
> so many people were able to ignore Cedric's death. 

GEO: If it implied that Voldemort was back then I'm sure quite a 
majority in the wizard world would have tried to ignore or find some 
excuse for what happened.

A tragic accident? 
> How often do healthy 17 (or possibly 18) year old boys drop dead? 
> Yes, he had some injuries from the maze, but he was certainly 
alive 
> when he touched the trophy. The Diggory's (I assume), were a well-
> known family, the fact that their son died would not be easily 
> ignored (at least by some people).

GEO: The "some people" would be the Order, but a good number of 
others would have refused to believe Dumbledore's story and would 
have stuck with Fudge since his version provided more security and 
comfort.