Dumbledore's serious errors & what did he do to make up for it/Harry's trust

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 122895


Lupinlore:
> This raises an interesting question.  WAS DD HEAD OF THE 
WIZENGAMOT WHEN SIRIUS WAS SENT TO AZKABAN?
> 
> If he was not, then I tend to agree that I am still disappointed in
> him. <

Pippin:
Dumbledore was not in charge of the trials, Crouch was. Sirius 
is very clear that Crouch is the one who sent him to Azkaban. In 
the Pensieve it is clear that Dumbledore does not have the 
powers  you suggest to oversee all justice in the wizarding world. 
He did not have them  even when he was head of the 
wizengamot. Otherwise dementors would not be in use.

I am curious why you think that Dumbledore would think he  
could have extracted the truth with legilimency. He had it at his 
disposal while he was looking for the spy, yet he failed to 
discover who it was. If the spy in the Order were not an 
occlumens  he would have been found out as soon as he was 
questioned, just as Kreacher was.

As for veritaserum, we don't know what the side effects are.  
Crouch Jr doesn't seem to be doing well during his interrogation; 
his insane smile becomes wider and wider and then he drops 
into a stupor. Who knows if these effects can be permanent? 
Dumbledore doesn't ask that veritaserum be used on Hagrid, 
even though it might establish his innocence.

 I agree that wizards are often astoundingly incompetent, 
however the recent discoveries with DNA evidence have shown 
that Muggle justice is often astoundingly incompetent as well.

I don't understand when people   say that Sirius shouldn't have 
been suspected just because he was close to the Potters, when 
it had been established that someone close to the Potters was 
the spy. 

Pippin