Head of Law and Enforcement Amelia Bones,

I am writing to you about one Severus Snape, that am sure you know of. You currently hold him at the ministry waiting for trial. If I am correct, the accusations against him is that he has been involved with the Dark Arts and a member of Lord Voldemort's followers, the Death Eaters. There is also the fact that he was seen killing the former Headmaster of Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry Albus Dumbledore. Please correct me if I am wrong.

I would like to give a testimony, and as I refuse to enter the minister building again, you will get it in this letter.

Severus Snape was a member of the Order of the Phoenix, led until his death, by Albus Dumbledore, and later by Alastor Moody and myself. Severus Snape there held the position as spy, and in his work he had to be in contact with Lord Voldemort, thereof being a Death Eater. He remained loyal to the Order until the end of the war, and did not once waver over to the side of the dark.

As for the Dark Arts he has been using, he had to in order to be able to stay within Voldemort's ranks without being killed. He was here acting on Dumbledore's orders, and later by mine. If anyone is to blame, it's us. And let me remind you that the currently minister gave the Order permission to, in service, use some of the illegal curses and hexes. Furthermore, if you take a look at the list of the curses and hexes Severus Snape is accused of using you will see that every each and one of them is on the approved list. He has done nothing that the minister hasn't already approved of. I have a copy of the list if it somehow has been "lost".

And the charges saying that he killed Albus Dumbledore, it's true. He did kill him, but once again, I refer to the Order of the Phoenix. If you take a look at the documents describing the organization, you will see that Severus was well within his rights to kill Dumbledore. It is stated on page five section three that you are to, if needed, eliminate a member of the Order if needed, may it be even the leader himself. What the public don't know is that Dumbledore was a threat against the organization. He had one part of Voldemort's soul within himself due to a ring he had placed around his finger. He had ordered Snape to kill him. Also, the position Severus held in the Dark Lords ranks became much securer when doing this, and was then able to get a lot more useful information that could help us in the fight.

I have now addressed all the accusations against Severus Sebastian Snape, and I want the charges cleared and for him to be released. He is more of a hero than I will ever be, and we have him to thank for our freedom. Despite the fact that he and I never got along that well, he is the most trustworthy person I have known in my whole life.

Release him.

Harry James Potter

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Severus Snape,

Released from duty

H.P.

P.S. The depth you had to my father is replayed.