[HPforGrownups] Question #2

[Lee Kaiwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 183372

kennyg1864:
Why was he imprisoned without a trial? Is this a large plot error on 
JKR's part?

CJ:
"Large" error? Probably not. The point was that Sirius had to be 
imprisoned unjustly. She could easily have substituted "imprisoned after 
a show trial" without otherwise altering the plot a whit. I'd just chalk 
it up as another example of Rowling's tendency to not be bothered by 
details.

--CJ