The Soul of Hogwarts Across Worlds

Chapter 230 Bad guy?

Early morning of the third day.

Before the sun came in, Melda had already woken up early.

On the desk, there is a letter, the pen and ink are already dry.

That is, he had already written it last night, but he hadn't sent it yet.It was a personal letter addressed to Rita Skeeter.

The content of the letter is very short, just a few words.Talking to smart people is easy, and Melda just asked her to publish a few articles in the "Daily Prophet" recently, questioning the fairness of the Ministry of Magic's judicial trials.

Of course, as an insider, he even mentioned it obliquely, suggesting that she should visit Barty Crouch's ancestral home.

And Melda will also offer her a "generous" touch-up fee.

This money will be sponsored by Sirius, and he is not stupid, how could he spend his own money to do such a thing?
The morning class ended in a hurry.

It was near noon that Hermione handed him a long draft of thousands of words with a pair of dark circles under her eyes.

This is a judicial statistical report on all vicious crimes committed by the Ministry of Magic in the past ten years, which Melda asked Hermione to write.

Thanks to the fact that the British magical world is not big, there are only a few thousand wizards, and since Voldemort's downfall, there have been very few vicious incidents in the British mainland. With many favorable conditions, Hermione only spent one night. Survey and statistics, plus one morning to write the report.

This is also part of Melda's plan. After all, it is only Rita Skeeter's random fabrication, which lacks credibility.

The actual data must be given to be convincing.

And the Ministry of Magic did not disappoint Melda. After taking the statistical report from Hermione, he was immediately shocked by this group of wretches.

In the past ten years, there were a total of 36 vicious crimes in England, of which only 4 were executed through the Wizengamot Trial, and the remaining 32 were all ordered by the Auror Office and directly thrown into Azkaban.

Judgment, judge a ghost!
Not to mention, when did the Auror Office change from an administrative department to a dual department of trial and administration?

Just mentioning that the prosecution rate is only 9% makes people feel chills.

Although most of the criminals were committed by his followers after the downfall of Voldemort, a group of insane and pathological wizards had aroused the unanimous condemnation of the entire wizarding world.But it is an indisputable fact that if there is no trial, there is no trial.

From this point of view, many people in Azkaban are still acting as suspects.

"It's worse than I imagined." At noon, in the auditorium, Melda was reading Hermione's credit for the morning.

"Yes." Hermione's face was also livid, and there was another thick stack of materials in her hand, which were all kinds of newspapers and Ministry of Magic announcements for decades.

Some can be found in the school library, some need to be purchased from outside, and some internal materials need to be checked in the internal archives of the Ministry of Magic.But this is nothing to Melda, most of the information can be resolved by Jin Gallon.

As for some things that can't be solved, it doesn't hurt, after all, they don't really want to overthrow the Ministry of Magic.

"I haven't even counted those economic crimes and crimes that endanger public safety!" Hermione pointed to the pile of information and said, "I can't imagine that a government department can't find a few people who fully abide by the law." Officer!"

"It's just insects, how can you count on them?" Melda sneered with disdain, and then continued: "This report can be revised, and then sent to the "Daily Prophet" to see if it can be published in the newspaper. It doesn't matter, the Estes family's newspaper is published casually, but the influence is not very good."

"Let's talk." Ron suddenly interrupted at this moment: "Are you all busy all night just to exonerate those criminals?"

"Heh!" A quick and sharp sneer came out of Hermione's mouth suddenly.She stared at Ron with a cold face and said, "Criminal? Why do you say that they are all criminals. He is just a suspect without a public trial."

"But those things, the bad things done by the dark wizards, are all facts, everyone only knows, do you dare to say that Bellatrix is ​​not a bad person?"

Ron met Hermione's eyes and said without flinching.This was one of the rare moments when he could refute Hermione.

And he also said a name, Bellatrix.

Bellatrix Lestrange.Sirius' cousin.A fanatical follower of Voldemort.

After Voldemort lost power, she, brothers Rodolphus Lestrange and Rabastan Lestrange, plus Barty Crouch Jr., the three of them used the Cruciatus Curse to ask Neville's parents about Voldemort. The whereabouts of the two eventually led to the madness of the two, so they were sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban by the Wizengamot.

This is also a case that has been directly tried by the Ministry of Magic with a small number of people.After all, this incident was too big at the beginning, and everyone in the British magic circle knew it. In the end, it was only under Dumbledore's strong intervention that the Ministry of Magic decided their charges seriously and quickly.

And Ron also heard it from the nurses at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries.

Melda frowned. He saw that just after Ron said Bellatrix's name, Neville's body not far away visibly trembled. He raised his head and looked at him blankly. It seemed that he was also looking forward to what he would say next.

"The law is not protecting bad people from being bad, but protecting people who are bad." Melda sighed softly, and then said: "Respecting the rights and interests of a human being is the best protection for the public, just like the law back then. About Hagrid being framed."

"Now we all know who framed Hagrid, but the Ministry of Magic at that time only relied on speculation, not even an excuse. They just wanted to find a scapegoat to calm public opinion as soon as possible."

"Just for this reason, they can send an innocent person to Azkaban without any trial. Is this kind of thing rare?"

"This year, they can send Hagrid into Azkaban, so will it be you tomorrow?"

Melda's in-depth explanation successfully made the young wizards present fall into deep thought.Perhaps because of this time, the idea of ​​the rule of law will be planted in their hearts.

And sooner or later, this seedling will bear bright fruit.

"Melda is right." After a long time, Harry nodded his head in agreement and looked at him.

In Sirius' case, it was the Ministry of Magic's failure to follow procedure that landed him in jail.

If the judge back then was a fair and objective person, maybe Sirius would still have a chance to overturn the case, wouldn't he?

(End of this chapter)