Stan Shunpike - As White as he's Painted? (Was: CHAPDISC: HBP30, The White Tomb)

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 165894

> Goddlefrood:

<snip-snip> Arthur Weasley tells Harry in answer to his 
> question that Stan is still under arrest (so obviously Wizarding 
> Law is very different from Muggle law, in that a person arrested 
> can not be held without charge for more than 48 hours [UK], 
> excluding terrorist suspecs where it can be longer {Guantanamo Bay 
> for instance}). At this news Harry contains himself. (The exchange 
> is on pps. 310 and 311).

a_svirn:
Yes, and there used to be defense regulation 18B (UK). But if you 
consider Sirius Black's fate, I'd say, that habeas corpus does not 
feature in the WW's legal system. 

> Goddlefrood:
<snip-snip> Harry goes on to try to justify *his* position, but 
Scrimgeour 
> takes no notice. Now it appears that Scrimgeour wanted to say a 
> little more, but held back. This man was previously, remember, the 
> Head of the Auror Office - oh, and I don't adhere to the view that 
> he is himself a Death Eater or even a slightly bad man, just that 
> he's a man trying to do a difficult job in difficult times with a 
> little more success than Cornelius Fudge.
> 
> It is, then, a fair assumption to make that Scrimgeour had a valid 
> reason for Stan's continued detention, but he won't share with 
Harry 
> and doesn't. Not knowing him that well it is not easy to form an 
> opinion of his motivations, however I would state that he has a 
> better idea of the situation in the WWW than does Harry.


a_svirn:
The why not share it with Harry? It's no use saying that he's only 
sixteen. He's the Chosen One, and Scrimgeour wants his cooperation. 
Badly, by the looks of it. If he had a valid reason to detain Stan 
surely he could have explained the situation to Harry? I don't think 
Harry would have been unreasonable. Stan is no friend of his. 
Then again – why not give Stan a fair trial? As you pointed out, 
Scrimgeour used to be the chief Auror, and it seems like he acts 
exactly like on of his predecessors – Barty Crouch Sr.