Their lawyer didn’t attempt to deny their crime. Instead, he tried to paint Weasley’s death as a crime of passion. Which wasn’t, technically speaking, very far from the truth. Of course, this meant having to listen to the details of Hermione’s sordid affair being mercilessly dissected in public. But this was the least of their problems, Draco kept reminding himself. Potter’s death, according to the defence, had been a tragic accident. They were being hunted down, panicked, and, in the resulting scuffle, a great man had most unfortunately ended up dead. As sad as the circumstances were, Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger did not deserve to suffer the Dementor’s Kiss.