[HPforGrownups] Re: Should Snape Be Punished?

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 170693

Carol responds:
Nor did he do anything as a DE other than spy as a double or triple agent
until he killed Albus Dumbledore. That murder or coup de grace or whatever
it was is, IMO, all that he'll be tried for. (If he gets a fair trial, which
is asking a great deal, he'll be cleared of trying to help Draco get DEs
into the tower. He may even be able to prove that he didn't plan or intend
to kill Dumbledore. I think that if the WW has degrees of murder rather than
one-sentence-fits-all (life in Azkaban), and if they hear his whole story,
and, especially, if he does something heroic to save Harry and demonstrate
his true loyalty without question, maybe he'll get a short sentence in
Azkaban followed by community service.




Sherry:

It is only speculation that Snape did not do anything as a Death eater but
spy.  We will not know if that is canon or not till DH comes out.  Also,
even if people didn't plan to kill someone but still end up murdering, there
must be consequences.  Snape's story, however it turns out, will be a joke
if he ends up not having to pay for his crime of murder.  And something more
than a short stay in Azkaban and then community service.  in my opinion, of
course.  But I think that murder is set up to be so terrible in the WW, that
Snape has to pay the price for the murder of Dumbledore, and I certainly do
hope he does.  

Sherry