As to *why* Snape saw to it that a Dementor was set on Crouch Jr; he was sent after Harry to perform damage control. Neutralizing Crouch brought down the number of eye-witness testimonies that Voldemort was back to Harry alone, and the people who believed him but had not seen Voldemort himself. (Plus Snape, who for all that he filled Fudge in on the Dark Mark cannily did not admit that he was present at the gathering and had seen Voldemort himself. Thereby backing up Dumbledore, while still enabling a DE cover-up.)
Sirius Black was arrensted and consigned to Azkaban the day after Voldemort fell. The ww was still operating under "war" mentality. He states that he was not the only person to have had this happen to him, but I think he is talking about during the war. Once he was inside he only saw others being brought in. He would have known little about the circumstances of their arrest or whether or no
Given Fudge's level of information once Snape mentioned "Azkaban escapee" Fudge would have immediately leaped to the conclusion that they had recaptured Sirius Black! WHat other Azkaban escapees did Fudge know about? Furthermore, what other Azkaban escapee did Fudge know about who had a history of having nefarious designs on Harry Potter?
It was Dumbledore's refusal to take any action on the kids' information regarding Pettigrew which is leagely at fault here. I agree that he couldn't well have followed through on it at the end of Year 3 while everyone was in an uproar over Sirius's escape, but he had a year during which he could readily have sat Fudge (or Crouch Sr!) down and filled him in on the *possibility* of a long-standing injustice having been done. With the kid's testimony as an item to be investigated, or at least one to promt a reexamination of the evidence against him.
But Dumbledore is very good at not taking action until it is virtually too late. It is an established pattern for him.
As for Umbridge. She openly admits, before witnesses, that she sent the Dementors after Harry on her own authority. Fudge had nothing to do with it.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Re: Devil's Advocate Time
Date: 2005-03-20 11:27 am (UTC)Sirius Black was arrensted and consigned to Azkaban the day after Voldemort fell. The ww was still operating under "war" mentality. He states that he was not the only person to have had this happen to him, but I think he is talking about during the war. Once he was inside he only saw others being brought in. He would have known little about the circumstances of their arrest or whether or no
Given Fudge's level of information once Snape mentioned "Azkaban escapee" Fudge would have immediately leaped to the conclusion that they had recaptured Sirius Black! WHat other Azkaban escapees did Fudge know about? Furthermore, what other Azkaban escapee did Fudge know about who had a history of having nefarious designs on Harry Potter?
It was Dumbledore's refusal to take any action on the kids' information regarding Pettigrew which is leagely at fault here. I agree that he couldn't well have followed through on it at the end of Year 3 while everyone was in an uproar over Sirius's escape, but he had a year during which he could readily have sat Fudge (or Crouch Sr!) down and filled him in on the *possibility* of a long-standing injustice having been done. With the kid's testimony as an item to be investigated, or at least one to promt a reexamination of the evidence against him.
But Dumbledore is very good at not taking action until it is virtually too late. It is an established pattern for him.
As for Umbridge. She openly admits, before witnesses, that she sent the Dementors after Harry on her own authority. Fudge had nothing to do with it.