Did Snape kill DD? WAS: Re: PoA - Snape knew?

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 143555


> Lupinlore wrote:
> > Yes, if Snape's spell was the proximate cause of of DD's death, 
he
> not only killed Dumbledore, he murdered him in every legal and 
moral
> sense. <snip> 
> > Now, if, as has been theorized by some, what happened was an
> elaborate ruse that went south in a catastrophic way, then Snape 
would
> have some workable defense.  But that is the only situation in 
which
> Snape would  have a defense.
> 
> Carol responds:
> Unless, of course, the WW's legal system operates differently from
> American military justice, as I rather expect that it does. 

a_svirn:
You can say it again. Don't we all know how the WW's legal system 
operates? Sending people to Azkaban without a trial and/or using 
only the flimsiest of evidence as a pretext. Messing with other 
persons' minds without by-your-leave just because they happen to be 
muggle. Passing the legislation designed to support slave-holding 
and all sorts of discrimination.  But what the magical legislation, 
imperfect though it is, has to say to anything? Even if Snape can 
get away with a murder under the WW's Law it doesn't alter the fact 
that he committed one.