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I think Sirius's desire to avenge James and Lily could easily overcome his wish to be vindicated by the wizarding world. Also, by revealing Pettigrew's dead body, wouldn't Sirius and Lupin be in big trouble for committing a fresh murder, even if it cleared Sirius of the original crime?

Or would they cover it up? Because I would think the incantation that reveals a wand's most recent spells would foil any attempt to pass it off as a killing in self-defense.

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I doubt it would be difficult to sell that the danger of him escaping to voldy by transforming / he attacked them / some other excuse would be tough to sell, if killing him is at all illegal.

I mean, the people in the final battle arent going to azkaban. Obviously its different, but I wouldnt be surprised if killing known escaped death eaters isnt an offense.

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Edit: By "letting him go" you meant letting him live, right? Not setting him free, which was never their intent.

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yeah, my bad.