That next Monday, Lucius was brought into the Wizengamot to stand trial and just as she had done with Snape, Amelia fed Lucius Veritasiurium to start the proceedings. She also lifted Lucius's arm up so that the Wizengamot could clearly see his Dark Mark.
"What is your name?" Amelia asked Lucius to open the trial.
"Lucius Malfoy, member of one of the venerable sacred twenty eight families. Centuries of pureness in my blood," answered Lucius.
"Who were your best friends when you were a student at Hogwarts?" inquired Amelia.
"Severus Snape, Barty Crouch Junior, Bellatrix Lestrange, and Narcissa Malfoy, " answered Lucius.
"That list includes several people known to be loyal Death Eaters, " said Amelia coldly, "Including some of Voldemort's most passionate and devoted supporters."
"Most of my friends from Hogwarts became Death Eaters as did I, " spilled Lucius, "In my case, the Dark Lord didn't even have to recruit me. I volunteered my services to him."
"Why did you become a Death Eater?" Amelia asked Lucius, "What were your motivations to join and support Voldemort?"
"Several reasons, " said Lucius briskly, "I wanted the power that came with being a Death Eater, I believed the Dark Lord could purify society by getting rid of muggles and muggleborns, and I enjoy torture."
"Did you ever commit murder?" grilled Amelia.
"I killed a few filthy muggles in my time, " said Lucius with a cruel laugh, "But most of the time, I was the one who tortured the filthy muggles before other Death Eaters or the Dark Lord himself finished them off."
"In what ways did you torture muggles?' Amelia asked Lucius in an icy tone.
"Mainly the Cruiatus Curse. That was a favorite of Bella's and Barty's as well. The Dark Lord is highly skilled in Legilimency and would often plant thoughts and visions in the minds of his victims that were designed to torture them into madness. The rest of us didn't possess that power, but we would laugh our asses off at the victims when the Dark Lord did this. In addition to the Cruiatus Curse, I was also skilled at spells that could make victims feel extremely uncomfortably hot or cold., " said Lucius with an evil looking smirk.
"How often did you participate in acts of torture as a Death Eater?" pressed Amelia.
"Weekly, and sometimes twice a week, " grinned Lucius ruthlessly, "There is no greater sport in the world than muggle torture. The Dark Lord himself knew this."
"I found several muggle killing potions in your manor when I raided it, " piped up Amelia.
"I had planned to show those to the Dark Lord upon his inevitable return," bragged Lucius, "Thought that might help me gain special favor with the Dark Lord upon his return."
"And what about this book?" grilled Amelia as she opened her bag and pointed to Tom Riddle's diary.
"Touching it won't hurt you, " said Lucius matter of factly, "But it contains a preserved memory of the Dark Lord from roughly fifty years ago. This diary can be used to cause the Chamber of Secrets at Hogwarts to be opened and rid the school of the mudblood filth. The memory of the Dark Lord would work to possesses the owner of this diary to force him or her to open the Chamber of Secrets. I was planning on giving it to Ginny Weasley when the opportunity presented itself. In that way the stupid Weasley girl would be forced to open the Chamber of Secrets, Hogwarts would be cleansed of its mudblood filth, and that muggle loving fool Arthur Weasley could be discredited, ensuring his ignorant idea for a Muggle Protection Act went nowhere."
"And how did you get acquitted of being a Death Eater when Voldemort fell?' Amelia asked Lucius.
"Claimed the Imperius Curse excuse, " said Lucius casually, "Though in reality, I have never renounced the old ways and I never will."
"I think we have enough to go on, " said Amelia, "Witches and wizards of the Wizengamot, raise your hand if you vote for convicting Lucius Malfoy of being a Death Eater."
Every single hand in the courtroom shot into the air a nanosecond later.
"Lucius Malfoy, you hereby convicted of being a Death Eater, " said Amelia matter of factly, "Now the Wizengamot will decide your fate."
"He MUST be removed from the Hogwarts Board of Governors, " cried Patrick Patil urgently.
"That is a given, " promised Amelia.
"Should he be sent through the Death Veil?" asked Sarah Anne Perks.
"Perhaps, " piped up Augusta Longbottom, "But Lucius should be made to suffer first. He should have to feel some of the torture he dished out. I know the Cruiatus Curse is illegal even as punishment, but I say Lucius should be subjected to the extreme hot and cold torture spells he used on others."
"I say, " piped up Patrick's wife, Patricia Patil, "That instead of being sent through the Death Veil directly, Lucius should be fed some kind of potion that causes really painful effects before finally ending in death. Then throw the dead body though the veil later on."
The Wizengamot debated Lucius's punishment for about an hour. Eventually, Lucius was sentenced seven days of torture ending in death at the end of the seventh day. Permanent Silencing Charms were placed on Lucius before the process began.
On each day, Lucius was subjected to alternating spells that caused the pain felt from extreme heat and extreme cold. He also was subjected to spells to make his throat sore and dry and his eyes watery. The room he was confined too also had a tape player constantly playing sounds of laughter as Lucius endured his torture. At the very end of the line, Lucius was given a potion that caused every bone in his body and every drop of blood in veins to hurt to the point of feeling on fire. After an hour, the potion caused Lucius to cough and gag uncontrollably. Eventually, Lucius ended up coughing blood, eventually to the point where he had lost so much blood that he just died. His body was then unceremoniously thrown though the Death Veil and that was the end of Lucius Malfoy.