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“Without trial?” Amelia lowers the parchment containing the Minister’s directive, unwilling to conceal her horror from her superior. “And you’re not challenging this?”
“The evidence is incontrovertible,” Crouch responds coolly. “No shortage of witnesses heard Pettigrew.”
“And as Muggles, none of their testimony would have been admissible, even if they still remembered it,” she shoots back. “In the name of justice, Black must be given the opportunity to tell his side of the story.”
Crouch glowers. “Everything we do is in the name of justice, Bones. Remember that.”
As he walks away, Amelia wonders again who’s really writing the orders.