Murder?

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No: HPFGUIDX 134220


 
Bhavna said:
 
"I think Snape was acting to free himself of the sins he committed 
against the person who once saved his life - James Potter - 
splitting his own soul on DD's orders."


 
It has been a few years since I have last received and read a post 
from this list, but I must type now. 
We all know that Snape killed DD. However, there are many forms of 
killing besides murder. I recall DD specifically saying that to split 
your soul, you must commit murder. Therefore, since I (and many 
others) believe that it was with DD's permission that Snape killed 
him, the act that Snape performed does not fall under the definition 
of murder, and therefore Snape's soul is most likely still intact. 
This, of course, bars the possibility that he has performed any 
murders in the past while acting as a DE in the last war.
 
-kel