[HPforGrownups] Re: DD's plan -- Minister of Magic

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 189160

On 4/19/2010 2:31 PM, Eric Oppen wrote:
> Sirius _should have_ been put on trial, preferably after he'd had a
> chance to collect his wits.  One of the things that shocked me most
> was Sirius' casually mentioning that he hadn't been the only one
> thrown into Azkaban _sans_ trial.
>    

Bart:
     We already saw Hagrid thrown in Azkaban sans trial in COS. And 
people who plead guilty almost never have trials. During a violent civil 
uprising, it is not at all surprising that a refusal to defend one's 
self would be considered to be an admission of guilt.

     Bart