Post by Head, Minerva McGonagall on Apr 24, 2006 0:47:33 GMT -5
Barty Crouch Sr. was head of this department during the first war against Voldemort and he prosecuted many suspected Death Eaters and other supporters of Voldemort. As the struggle with the Dark forces became more and more desperate, Crouch advocated very strict countermeasures, until the Aurors under his command used methods not very different from those of the wizards they were trying to capture. Crouch sent people to Azkaban without proper trials; Sirius Black, for one, was sent there even though he was innocent. Many Death Eaters have been imprisoned there under the eyeless gaze of the Dementors.
