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NAMES OF PARDONED DEATH EATERS RELEASED

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A week after the Ministry revealed that a number of unconvicted Death Eaters were to be pardoned for terrorist ties, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement has now released six names. These six, who are all known to have been allied with You-Know-Who before he was run out of Great Britain nearly ten years ago, have not had any crimes such as murder, theft, vandalism, or harassment tied to their names, and all were under the age of twenty-two at the end of the war.

"It is a great day for Britain when we as a community can forgive these six individuals for crimes committed in their youths," said Minister Fudge today in a statement given today in the Ministry of Magic. "Like many of us, they have made mistakes, and after a long and arduous process, the Ministry feels that these individuals have served their time and learned their lessons. All are upstanding citizens in countries throughout Europe, and none are known to associate any longer with You-Know-Who or the Death Eaters."

Many protesters have questioned whether or not the Ministry is in a position to know who the individuals pardoned have associated with, but the Ministry has insisted that they are certain the six pose no threat to the Wizarding Community.

"You-Know-Who is gone," said Head of the Auror Department Rufus Scrimgeour. "He isn't coming back. And if he does, he'll have a nasty surprise waiting for him."

The six individuals receiving full pardons from the Ministry are as follows:

Alecto Carrow
Amycus Carrow
Bartemius Crouch, Jr. (Son of Bartemius Crouch, Sr., Head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation)
Rabastan Lestrange (Brother-In-Law to the infamous Bellatrix Lestrange)
Peter Pettigrew
Thorfinn Rowle

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