Sirius Black acquitted of all charges and given order of merlin first classRead the headlines of the paper the very next day of the battle. If the testimonies of Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Peter Pettigrew under the influence of veritaserum were not enough. Severus Snape had also willingly testified after he himself had been acquitted with the help of Minerva McGonagall, Kingsely Shacklebolt and Harry Potter.