Lucius in Prison (was: Draught of Living Death)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 140707

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "spotsgal" <Nanagose at a...> wrote:
> > bboyminn:
> > Of course, I can see one problem, what happens to the Malfoy
> > estate?
> > ...edited... 
> > I guess it's possible for Malfoy's to /conviniently/ leave a Will 
> > that leaves everything to Hogwarts ... but short of that, I don't 
> > see how they could maintain  control of their money. It's a  
> > complicated affair.
> 
> 
> Christina now:
> 
> Lucius Malfoy isn't dead though, just imprisoned.  I personally
> think he'll be out before long ... but even if he's not, I think 
> he'll retain the estate. 
> ...edited...
> 
> Christina

bboyminn:

First, I assumed that Lucius would fake!die and go into hiding along
with Draco and Narcissa. To protect Draco, you must protect his
family, as long as one of his family is wandering around loose, Draco
can be threatened.

Of on a new subject which I Lucuis and other DE's in prison. According
to the Daily Prophet - " ...the Death Eaters now serving sentences in
Azkaban for **trespass and attempted theft..." (pg 39). It is vitally
important to note that Lucius and his fellow DE's were NOT charged
with attempted murder or any other substantial crimes. Side note; when
Sturgess Podmore, one of the Order, was caught and sentence for nearly
the same thing, he got 6 months. I have no doubt that Lucius will be
out of prison very soon. Based on previous sentences I'm guessing
'trespass and attempted theft' warrants about a year to a year and a
half in prison. 

Of course, this only applies to DE's who were not previously under
sentence for other crimes. I'm sure the Lestrange's were sentenced to
life or near life, so those sentences still hold. Lucius and a very
few of his friends were not under a previous court sanctions, and
therefore would only be under the sentence for 'trespass and attempted
theft' which again I assume is relatively short.

I fully expect the see Lucius completely free in the next book. He may
even get out over the summer as that constitues a full year in prison.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn