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Limitations

For the same reasons Muggles don’t use polygraph tests in court, Veritaserum is no more reliable than its Muggle counterpart. Since some wizards and witches can resist its effects while others cannot, Veritaserum is “unfair and unreliable to use at a trial” and would be difficult to use as definite proof of guilt or innocence.

Another problem is that the victim states what only they believe to be true, so the victim’s sanity and perception of reality also factors in during interrogations. Therefore, while the drinker’s answers are sincere, they are not necessarily true. This is the main reason why Barty Crouch Jr.’s testimony was only partially credible, as some of his answers were true in his mind, but known to be false by his interrogators; Cornelius Fudge believed that Crouch being a “raving lunatic” as a mitigating factor on the Veritaserum’s full effectiveness, thus chose not to believe half of it.[3]

Resistance

Despite being the most powerful truth serum in existence, it can still be resisted through different methods, including the taking of its antidote and Occlumency.[2]

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Author’s comments

J. K. Rowling has said that Veritaserum “works best upon the unsuspecting, the vulnerable and those insufficiently skilled (in one way or another) to protect themselves against it… just like every other kind of magic within the books, Veritaserum is not infallible.”[3] For this reason, she explained that even if Sirius Black had been given the opportunity to testify to his innocence under Veritaserum, the Wizengamot likely still would have found him guilty by claiming that Sirius was using trickery to be immune to it.[3]