[HPforGrownups] Sirius and jail

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 167378

katmandu_85219 wrote:
> Dumbledore was a member of the Wizard court, why would he allow a
> man (sirius) to be sent to Azkaban without a trial?  Just sent away.
> Did he know Sirius to be innocent?  Nobody bothered to use veriserum
> or legimancy (spelling?) to see what happened.  

	Sirius considered himself to be guilty of the deaths of his best 
friends; it was HIS idea to make Pettigrew the secret keeper. Therefore, 
in his own mind, he DESERVED to go to Azkaban, and therefore didn't 
bother to fight it. It's not explicit, but it is definitely implied in 
POA. Once in Azkaban, the Dementors made sure (albeit without intention) 
to make him continue to believe he belonged there.

	Bart