Accio 2005 press release: new Guest Speaker and Trial of Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 128257

Carol:
> I'm not even sure that the organization [the DEs] itself was illegal, 
> though its activities undoubtedly were. More important, it's an open 
> question whether the young Snape knew what the organization
> was about, and as of now we have insufficient evidence to indicate
> that he did. 


SSSusan:
Hmmm.  Can others who're more well versed in the law in other nations 
(particularly in the UK) let us know whether the oft-stated-in-America 
remark, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse" holds?  

"I was young, I didn't know any better" would not, methinks, get a 
person very far in a court of law, especially when the young person 
was, presumably, of legal age, even if just barely so.

Just a thought.

Siriusly Snapey Susan