Chapter 32: Retrial of Sirius Case

"If your choice is Sirius, I have to say, you made a very bad decision."

Lucius Malfoy said lightly, and after pondering for about a few seconds, he gave a fair assessment that was barely tactful, "He's never been a good helper. In other words, Sirius has never been a person who knows how to judge the situation. ”

"This is rare among the aristocracy."

Daniel Black couldn't help but laugh all at once.

Lucius glanced disapprovingly, and said in an aggravated tone, "From the day I knew him, he was like a guest Myramon, breathing and exhaling flames...... Furious, arbitrary, uncontrollable, and unruly, the Black family is forever a rebel. ”

"That sounds cool."

Daniel blinked his blue eyes and put on an innocent expression, "Actually, dear brother-in-law, isn't your point wrong. Cousin Siris is still playing cards with the Dementors in Azkaban, and if he's right or not, we'll have to get people out first. ”

"Don't play dumb, Daniel."

Lucius smiled meaningfully, 'I know all your little secrets': "If you weren't sure about what you did, would you tell me so directly?" Besides, it is very difficult to get a guilty guy out of prison, but there is still a lot of room for operation to get an innocent guy out of prison. ”

"So, Sirius wasn't a Death Eater?" Daniel took the opportunity to ask.

"At least I've never met him."

Lucius said cryptically, "Not once." However, who knows if he later saw that 'that person' was powerful, and finally judged the situation. ”

"Sirius has never been a judge of the situation."

Daniel immediately picked up his proper tone and blocked back in his own words.

The corners of Lucius's lips couldn't help but curl up slightly.

Finally, he stopped pretending to be a formulaic way of communicating, stretched out his hands relaxedly, and said frankly in a helpless tone: "Dear Daniel, you know, the truth doesn't mean much to me, in fact. In my current form, I, who had fallen under the Imperius Curse and was forced to become a Death Eater, could not dispute Barty Crouch's decision. The Ministry of Magic won't believe anything I say, and they've been monitoring my movements until now...... My situation is just as difficult. ”

Daniel blinked, a little surprised.

Seriously, Lucius Malfoy is so well disguised, if he hadn't automatically broken out such information, he really couldn't see that he, who is usually arrogant, arrogant, and does everything with a shelf, is actually the target of the Ministry of Magic's surveillance.

Lucius smiled and said lightly, "Sissi cried for two whole nights for this, and her eyes were swollen. But she never asked me to do something for her...... So, if you can do it, do it. However, I still have reservations about the 'future helper'. ”

Daniel nodded, ignoring the obvious disgust on Lucius's face, and said optimistically, "Maybe there will be a surprise." After all, people always grow up. ”

Later, many wizards felt that June of this year could be called 'bloody and bloody'.

The 'Ministry of Magic election' has just ended, and the 'Sirius Retrial Appeal' has just arrived.

The exotic wizard seemed to have a keen interest in stealing the headlines of the Daily Prophet.

Fudge, the new Minister of Magic, had only made a few appearances in the Daily Prophet, and in less than three days, that Mr. Daniel Black had once again dominated the headlines at a whirlwind pace.

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All the reporters are like being beaten with chicken blood, and the wizarding world, which was once a pool of stagnant water, was stirred up by this exotic wizard, wave after wave.

"I love him so much."

One reporter said privately, "I've interviewed Dumbledore, Fudge, and Barty Sr. countless times before, but none of them have made the newspaper a big hit...... No, no, of course I don't mean that he is higher than those guys, but that he is more capable of creating big news that is controversial and makes readers willing to empty their wallets to buy newspapers, and he is awesome! ”

"That wizard from the countryside is grandstanding again." Barty Crouch Sr. responded in the newspaper.

His hair had turned gray in the torment of these days, and his whole body had dried up, as if he had drained all the energy and effort he had ever had, like a jackal that had been seriously injured, and he first showed his fangs to defend anything that threatened him, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one.

"He's like a clown in the wizarding world." Old Barty said harshly.

He doesn't have to worry about his image now, because in the case of Barty Crouch Jr., his favoritism and finally the murder of his own son in prison have completely ruined his image.

He can only double his stern expression now, as a way to show that, in addition to making mistakes in his son, he is still the 'Iron Warrior' who fights against evil unyieldingly.

He impassionedly said, "Sirius Black is a vicious Death Eater, there is no doubt about it, there is no doubt about it. Countless people have seen him blow up entire Muggle streets and kill twelve Muggles in a frenzy. If you think I'm doing something wrong by putting such a criminal in Azkaban. Well, I can only say that there are still laws in the wizarding world. As law enforcement officers, it is absolutely impossible for us to tolerate such criminals with impunity! ”

Daniel Black responded with only one sentence: "There is no 'jail without trial' clause in the laws of the wizarding world, please Barty Crouch Sr. better go back to school for a few more years...... Of course, if Hogwarts had a law class. ”

In addition to creating some entertainment news for the people, the empty mouth cannon in the newspaper does not have much significance.

In fact, applying for reconsideration is not a simple matter.

Barty Crouch Sr.'s behavior of 'arresting people and imprisoning them without trial' may be wrong, but let's not forget that it was 'wartime' at that time.

Whether it's the wizarding world or the Muggle world, as long as it's in a state of war, it's not surprising that some ridiculous decrees are made.

Moreover, when Barty Sr. did this, none of the officials of the Ministry of Magic had any objection to it. It is even likely that the previous minister, Mirisenbagno, supported this policy.

Then, if the Wizengamot Court agrees to a retrial, it will not only be a denial of Barty Crouch Sr., but also a denial of countless Ministry of Magic employees, and it will also involve the questioning of the previous minister.

Moreover, there are many more issues to be considered by the Wizengamot court.

For example, 'If they agree to Sirius' appeal for a retrial, what about the others?' You know, during the war, many wizards were thrown into Azkaban in the name of catching Death Eaters'. If all of these people's relatives and families were to appeal, it would definitely cause a huge mess......

At the same time, it is also a strong shock to the legal system of the wizarding world (although Daniel has always scoffed at the 'rudimentary legal system of the wizarding world').

"You must provide the court with sufficient evidence to prove that Sirius may indeed be innocent. Only then can we accede to your request for a retrial. ”

In the end, the Wizengamot Court gave such a reply.

If it weren't for the fact that Barty Sr. has been so bad lately that most of the people have questioned his past behavior, the Wizengamot Court would never have beaten itself up and overturned the previous verdict.

But Daniel wasn't satisfied, as he considered having Sirius take a truth potion in court to prove his innocence.

In this way, things will be much simpler.

Lucius Malfoy laughed at him without hesitation, and then, suing him, was utterly unrealistic.

For 'in the wizarding world, except in a state of war, no one is forbidden, voluntarily or compulsorily, in any form, for any reason, for any purpose'.

And, although everyone acknowledges the efficacy of the 'Truth Elixir', in fact, the Wizengamot Court has always had doubts about the efficacy of the 'Truth Elixir'.

This is because the principle of the 'Truth Teller' is to anesthetize the user's brain and restrain its thinking and 'self-awareness'.

When the brain is anesthetized, when answering questions, it will speak subconsciously, and at this time, it will naturally not be a lie (similar to spitting out the truth after drinking, but the Cheng dù is a little deeper).

But if a person is ingrained in believing in a lie (and perhaps some magic can do just that), such a person may say something after taking the truth potion that happens to be a lie that he himself believes in. [Note 1]

At the same time, many shamans also oppose the use of truth elixir, which they feel is a violation of the human rights of shamans.

Therefore, for all these reasons, the Wizengamot unanimously believes that the testimony obtained by the 'truth telling' cannot be used as the basis for 'determining guilt'.

In a way, this is part of the reason why Lucius Malfoy always claims that he has been under the Imperius Curse, but no wizard can come up with any evidence to refute him.

Therefore, the so-called 'taking the Truth Elixir to prove innocence' can only be used in public opinion as a way to put pressure on the Ministry of Magic.

However, it does not do much to the issue of 'reconsideration'.

"I'm starting to regret it, right?" Lucius said lightly, "This matter is more troublesome than you think." ”

"Ha, I'm sorry, I like trouble." Daniel grinded his teeth and said with a hard mouth.

"So what do you want to do now?" Lucius ignored his obvious words and asked calmly.

"Let's go meet the Kemera beast that 'breathes out all it breathes out is flames.'" Daniel replied puffy.

"Oh......" Lucius said in a long voice, and then raised an eyebrow quietly.