JKR's Single Biggest Error - ie: Veritaserum

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Bboyminn:
 
Well, I can't speak to wizard law, but any country that has a basic
Bill of Rights, and the wizard world does have the Wizangamont 
Charterof Rights, has a provision that says a defendant can't be 
compelled to testify against himself; it's basic human rights.
 
If you want to forget about the muggle lie detector, fine, then let's
consider the many muggle /truth/ serums. Why don't they force every
person accused of a crime in the real world to take /truth serum/?
Why? Because, it's against the law. It's a violation of basic human
rights. 



Alla: Yes, I know, I work in the legal system. :) 
I guess I was not clear again. I was and still am insisting that 
Veritaserum should be used in ALL cases where Defendant WANTS to 
testify, I am not saying that accused should be forced to take it, 
if he/she does not want to.

But even if prosecution is 100% sure of somebody's guilt and accused 
screams of his/her innocence, I see absolutely no logic in not 
giving them drug, which makes them tell the truth.


Steve:
That said, other than implying that Veritaserum should be used in
every single criminal case, which it clearly is not, you haven't
really addressed the logic of WHY it should have been used in 
Sirius's case.

( snips Steve explanation)

Alla:

Please see what I wrote in the first part of my reply, but I guess I 
will concede that if Sirius admitted that he was guilty in betraying 
the Potters, they did not see the reasons for it.

BUT if Sirius was saying that he is not guilty, I don't care if 
Prosecution saw no doubt whatsoever, I think it was their obligation 
to give Sirius a chance to tell a truth. :)

Then of course no PoA would have happened, but we were talking about 
inconsistencies, right? So, this is my answer.

JMO,

Alla