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harry potter - Why did the Ministry order a Dementor’s kiss for Barty Crouch Jr. without any trial?


The Dementor’s kiss administered to Barty Crouch Jr. is a nice plot trick that allows JKR to have the Ministry defame Dumbledore, Harry and anyone else claiming that Voldemort is back during “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”.


On the other side it is completely illogical action from the Ministry. A Dementor’s kiss is practically a death sentence and it is very unlikely that such is issued (and executed) in the time frame given in the book - about one day. Despite the tragic events, there was no direct evidence that Barty Crouch Jr. had something to do with the death of Cedric Diggory.


It would be more logical to have a trial with judges and serious investigation of the events etc. but this does not happen.


Even if this was some kind of "blitz action" by Fudge, the it would cost him the seat on the next days - just imagine a prime minister in a democratic country (which the magical community seems to be) ordering the execution of anyone without any trial or evidence.




Answer



It was done in "defense" of Fudge. So it got through.


They even didn't mean to have Crouch Jr. get kissed in the first place, but since Fudge was idiotic enough to have a Dementor as a body guard for his "protection", Crouch Jr. got kissed and in Fudge's eyes this was as a means of protection for himself.


When in reality it was just the Dementor acting as it's meant to act, especially with regards to escaped prisoners from Azkaban.


I suppose, that this also got covered up somehow since what a disaster would it be that a death eater got into Hogwarts as a professor (again) under the watch of Albus Dumbledore. And that a professor was held captive in a trunk for months.


I think it'll give Hogwarts a pretty bad rep don't you think? Might even get Dumbledore sacked.


But since the London wizarding world is the London wizarding world, and with idiotic ministers like Fudge getting into position and with the hero-worship Dumbledore was getting from wizards, it's highly probable that Dumbledore stretched out his influence and swayed the opinion of Britain's wizarding masses. At least this is my opinion on the matter, this wasn't really covered by the books or the movies. It just transitioned to the fifth book if you'll remember.


What people are going on about at the start of fifth book was how Dumbledore and Harry are mad for thinking Voldemort alive.


So it's also probable that people don't even want to believe that a death eater got into Hogwarts, as it would mean that said death eater has a purpose, which leads back to Voldemort's rise. And let's chalk it up to the Ministry covering it up. Actually I think that's what actually happened. The ministry most likely covered the whole thing up since it'll reflect badly on them. Corrupted minister is corrupted.


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