#3 in Snape's Trial (was: Accio 2005 press release...)

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No: HPFGUIDX 128178


 
> Alla:
 I am just saying that it is VERY easy to charge Snape with 
> asssault. Are  there others who could be charged? Sure, but the 
> purpose of the mock trial Accio will be playing is to charge Snape  
> and Snape only, right?
>

Potioncat:
Does anyone know how this trial will play out and whether it will be 
available to those of us who cannot participate in ACCIO? BTW, is 
ACCIO an American convention?

It does sound like fun, and I'm going to change something I said 
earlier: I said Snape would need a good defense lawyer, and he will, 
but I think he's actually innocent of these charges. We won't really 
know until the last page of book 7, but I think he is loyal to DD. As 
for the assault...nah. 

The reason I say that is that in England at that time, IIRC, physical 
punishment was still legal. So grabbing a student by the arm and 
shaking him would not be assault. And standing over a student with a 
disaproving expression wouldn't be assault either.

On a totally different thread, I wish we could see McGonagall's and 
Snape's reactions to the Black Quill.

Alla, you make a good point, whether or not others could be charged 
is not relevant to Snape's being charged. But I offer this, the twins 
could be charged with assualt on Montague. They were adults at the 
time and their actions caused serious injuries.

And, one more thing, in my county, according to Mom-talk, a teenager 
at the local middle school (age 12-14) who "pantsed" another boy has 
been charged with sexual assualt. Severus on trial this year: James 
on trial next year.

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