Chapter 275 Bernard: The New Azkaban Is a Warm and Sunny Place

Due to the ability Eugene showed in the first topic, the next two topics also reached a consensus very quickly.

The two topics are mainly about the reconstruction of the wizarding world, and no one would be so stubborn as to oppose such a topic for the country and the people.

Eugene looked around and finally gave up the idea of ​​raising the additional topic today - about taking back the economic and financial rights of the goblins.

According to his guess when he discussed with Bernard, after the dark wizards were tried, the goblins in Gringotts would probably not obey when the Ministry of Magic wanted to confiscate their property. That would be the time for the Ministry of Magic to take back the rights openly.

When Eugene was about to announce the end of the meeting, a director suddenly raised his hand.

Eugene nodded to him to indicate that he had something to say.

"Mr. Minister, regarding the law you announced yesterday... I would like to ask, when you try the Death Eaters, will you follow the previous law or the new law?"

"The new law will take effect from today."

Eugene smiled slightly.

The director blinked. He knew that the new law would take effect today, so which law would be used during the trial?

However, since Eugene did not give a clear answer directly, the director probably knew it in his heart, and said in his heart:

This is the minister's decision, and he can't do anything about it.

There are only so many people in the entire British wizarding world, and they are more or less related to each other. The director was entrusted by his family to inquire about the situation. After all, some clauses of the new law are a bit... too weird.

The director's question seemed to open a conversation, and soon everyone who seemed to be fine raised their hands one by one.

"It seems that everyone has some questions about the law announced yesterday, so let the maker of the law answer them for everyone."

Eugene was already dry-mouthed after presiding over a meeting, so he simply gave up his seat to Bernard.

So everyone in the meeting room turned their eyes to Bernard, who had a low sense of presence because he did not speak throughout the meeting.

At present, since Azkaban has not been repaired and the new law has just been announced, Bernard's current position is the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

Everyone looked at this very young director, and some information about him came to their minds, but there was very little relevant information, only that he and the current temporary minister Eugene were classmates in the same dormitory when they were studying at Hogwarts, and that Eugene directly appointed him as the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement against all odds.

"No problem."

Bernard was not afraid of the stage. He stood up and walked to the seat that Eugene gave up and sat down, looking at everyone at the long table:

"If you have any questions, please feel free to ask."

Originally, Bernard was an image of a relative in everyone's mind, but seeing his attitude and the law, they changed their opinion of him a little.

"Mr. Bernard, I noticed that you used the death penalty in the new law..."

An older witch smoothed her hair, tucked her silver hair behind her ears, and looked at Bernard with a sharp look:

"Do you know that out of respect for life, the Ministry of Magic abolished the death penalty hundreds of years ago?"

"Of course, life is priceless, and I agree with this very much."

Bernard nodded, and then before the other party was about to speak:

"Because of this, no punishment can redeem the crime of murder, except the death penalty."

This made the witch choke.

Life is priceless, so only life can repay life, this is absolutely amazing.

If she objects, doesn't she think that life can be measured by value?

Although life does have a price in reality, whether from the perspective of the Ministry of Magic or the law itself, it is obvious that this kind of helplessness in reality should not be promoted, but the ideal justice should be promoted.

"It seems that your problem has been solved. If you have any questions, please feel free to come to me at any time."

Bernard smiled and nodded to the witch who fell into silence.

"Mr. Bernard, I have some questions to ask as well."

A young wizard frowned and took out a book of laws while speaking.

"Oh?"

It can be seen that he is really confused. Bernard also knows that there are some parts in his law that are easy to cause misunderstanding and need explanation, so he restrained his aggression:

"Please speak."

"First of all, there is such a clause in the law: 'If the criminal is convicted of multiple crimes at the same time, the final trial result should add up the sentences of each crime.' I could understand this one, but the example 2 given in the appendix of this article..."

In order to make it easier for these wizards to understand the content of the law, Bernard also attached some additional examples, and the wizard was talking about one of them:

"In Example 2, the prisoner's various crimes are cumulatively sentenced to 4785 years in prison plus the death penalty... I can understand the cumulative punishment, but it should be meaningless to continue to accumulate more than 200 years, right? What's more, the death penalty is added. What's the point of such a punishment?"

Originally, there was no problem with this article. In reality, such a situation of 4785 years in prison plus the death penalty is indeed possible, but it is problematic to appear in the example on the appendix.

Each example in the legal annex has its own special meaning. He wanted to know why Bernard chose such an example. It couldn't be to show off his math skills, right?

"This is indeed a question of practical significance. I hope that subsequent questioners can learn from this colleague."

Bernard explained with an understatement as he spoke:

"This example must be understood in conjunction with other information. First of all, the new law contains provisions on parole and commutation..."

In the previous Ministry of Magic, there were no provisions such as parole. Either you had to pay money to plead guilty and then be released directly, or you could go to jail and there was basically no in-between. And in Azkaban guarded by dementors, There is no such thing as good performance.

Therefore, after seeing the parole regulations for the first time, everyone thought it was quite novel, but the problem is...

"Mr. Bernard, not to mention the death penalty, the time it takes to get out of prison through parole and commutation of a 4,785-year sentence is far beyond the human lifespan."

The wizard couldn't help but remind Bernard.

There are also provisions for parole and commutation of sentence. No matter how good a person's behavior is, the commutation of sentence cannot be reduced to the time he or she is alive. I'm afraid this is not a joke in hell.

"So I just said 'first of all', listen to what I said... Believe me, the rebuilt Azkaban will be a warm and sunny place dedicated to attracting people to do good, so this prisoner does not have to worry about what he has obtained. Parole and commutation are not needed.”

Bernard showed a smile that sent a chill down his spine:

"Because the reconstructed Azkaban can guarantee that no matter what the prisoner's final sentence is, he or she will be able to fully experience the entire sentence in a thousand or ten thousand years."