"Can't kill you if you're already dead...", Snape's redemption (was Re: Ollivander / Fortescue / Krum's Crucio / Horcrux / Bk7 Opening)

[Gregory Sopko]

No: HPFGUIDX 148292

  > Shelley: 
  > Are the UK and American editions *that* different?
  
  > zgirnius:
  > Yes, they are. The US edition includes the statement "He 
  > cannot kill you if you are already dead."

Gregory:
It occurs to me that that statement about 'You can't kill someone who 
is already dead', is the key to Snape's eventual redemption.  DD was 
dying from the poison left by Voldemort which also probably killed 
RAB.  So Dumbledore is saying Snape didn't really kill DD despite the 
unforgiveable curse.