Hard time (was Re: Draco the Death Eaters and Voldemort)

[juli17 at aol.com]

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> Pippin:
> There is no canon that Dumbledore intended  Draco to go without 
> punishment because he didn't want him to be  killed,  any more than 
> Harry intended that Wormtail not be  punished when he refused to 
> allow Sirius and Lupin to murder him. 
 

Pheonixgod2000:
But the difference is that Harry says he wants to  keep wormtail alive 
to make sure Sirius gets his name cleared. OTOH we have  Dumbledore 
shielding snape for more than a decade despite Snape having  commited 
crimes that would have gottem him life in Azkaban, basically  getting 
away with accessory to murder in the very least and probably worst  
crimes. Based on that I think there is every indication that Draco 
isn't  going to face hard time if he goes away with DD.
 
Julie says:
I actually see no indication that Draco wouldn't be punished. The
situation never progresses far enough for us to know what action
DD would have taken with Draco. The only thing he was trying to
accomplish at that moment was keeping Draco from actually
committing murder. 
 
And I don't think Snape's situation is a good analogy. Or, maybe
it is. Punishment, penance, or whatever, can be achieved by  other
means than prison or (in the case of the WW) being soul-sucked 
by Dementors. DD shielded Snape for 16 years, but Snape had to 
do some things in return (and we may not yet know the full extent).
He taught at Hogwarts under DD, and not in the position he would
have preferred, rather than going into hiding (something DD surely
could have arranged if he'd wanted). He turned spy for DD at great
personal peril, he seems to have spent the last few years protecting 
Harry, a boy he pretty much despises, and (if he should prove to 
be DD'sMan!Snape) killed the only man who truly cared about him
to further the greater good. Chances are very, very high that he will  
give his life to complete DD's "plan" (using that word very loosely, 
meaning doing whatever it takes to keep Harry alive so he can defeat 
Voldemort). 
 
If this does come to pass, it will mean for 16-17 years Snape lived 
a life that was no longer his own, one basically in service to DD, 
and then gave up his life to that service. To me that could certainly 
be one definition of "hard time." Even if he did it all willingly. 
 
It may not be the kind of justice we're used to, but it seems to 
serve well for the WW. And I suspect Draco may find that same 
type of justice awaits him before it is all over. 
 
Julie 

 


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