[HPforGrownups] Harry in Azkaban (was Percy)

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 166109

> > eggplant:
> > When Harry received his first protest letter from the ministry it said he was already
> > expelled and wizards would be arriving soon to destroy his wand, and then they said
> > this:
> >
> > "we regret to inform you that your presence is required at a disciplinary hearing at the
> > Ministry of Magic at 9 a.m. on the twelfth of August."
>
> Kemper earlier:
> A disciplinary hearing is different than a judicial hearing. (I could be wrong. What do the British call judicial hearings?)
>
> To me, it sounds like Harry might have to pay a fine... maybe do some community service. It doesn't sound like Harry will spend a second in Azkaban.
>
> Carla:
> I found these posts orginally in the Percy thread, but thought it was an interesting topic. Some people felt that Harry was at no risk at being sent to Azkaban. I tend to disagree and want to repeat the message I posted in an appropriately titled thread.
>
> As for the Azkaban question. Yes, I believe that sending Harry to Azkaban was a very real threat. Here is why. The very people trying to silence Harry by sending Dementors after him in the first place are the very ones holding the trial. Umbridge sent the Dementors and since she works for Fudge, it may have been on his orders. If Umbridge would submit a child to the torture of a Dementor's Kiss, do you think for a minute she would hesitate to push for his imprisonment in Azkaban? Silencing Harry was the whole objective.
>

Kemper now:
The FULL Wizengamot was there in the hopes that Fudge could discredit
Harry.  By discrediting Harry, Fudge could have gained some political
advantage: the government/Ministry is in control and wizarding live
safely in a Voldemort-free Britain.

If Dumbledore missed the meeting and Harry was sufficiently
discredited, the ministry would not have put Harry in Azkaban.

In a first world Wizarding government, it is easier and more cost
effective to discredit or ignore a powerful, famous and dissident
Wizard voice than it is to martyr the Wizard.  The Chinese MoM could
run Harry over with a broom in Tienanmen Square, but that sorta thing
wouldn't happen in Britain.

Kemper