As a couple people have pointed out, Harry's godfather, Sirius Black, is killed in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which is book five in the series. However, I would still like to answer your question. Throughout the series, Harry has a few different opportunities to kill or inflict pain upon an enemy. The first major opportunity is in the third book, when Harry chooses to have Peter Pettigrew taken prisoner rather than allow Sirius Black and Remus Lupin to kill him on the spot. Of course, this act of mercy results in Pettigrew escaping, which means Sirius is still a wanted murderer and therefore has to remain on the run instead of being able to provide a loving home for Harry. The next major opportunity is the one to which you are probably referring, which is when Bellatrix Lestrange hits Sirius with a spell and sends him into a mysterious void, and Harry runs confronts her afterward.
"Hatred rose in Harry such as he had never known before. He flung himself out from behind the fountain and bellowed 'Crucio!'
Bellatrix screamed. The spell had knocked her off her feet, but she did not writhe and shriek with pain as Neville had- she was already on her feet again, breathless, no longer laughing...her counterspell hit the head of the handsome wizard, which was blown off and landed twenty feet away, gouging long scratches into the wooden floor.
'Never used an Unforgivable Curse before, have you, boy?' she yelled... 'You need to mean them, Potter! You need to really want to cause pain- to enjoy it- righteous anger won't hurt me for long- I'll show you how it is done, shall I? I'll give you a lesson-'"
Even though Harry is angrier than he has ever been before and despite the fact that he wants to cause Bellatrix pain, it is only out of his grief over Sirius rather than an actual desire to inflict suffering. The fact that he uses any of the Unforgivable Curses shows how upset he is, but even when he decides to use a strong curse he passes on one that will kill in favor of one that will only hurt her. This spell isn't even very effective, because as Bellatrix explains, he needs to really want to hurt her. He wasn't too afraid to do so; he simply couldn't find enough hatred and murderous intent within himself to cast a spell that would kill her.
I know this is an old question and you might have already read the rest of the series, but if you have not, you should stop reading here. If you have, please continue.
Harry has the opportunity to engage Lord Voldemort in battle twice, once in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and again in the final battle at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Both times, he never uses anything more than Expelliarmus, the disarming spell. Even Lord Voldemort, the man responsible for every hardship in Harry's life and the enemy to all decent human beings, cannot make Harry Potter raise his wand with the intent to kill. He faces his numerous enemies and obstacles and comes out at the end of it without blood on his hands. When it comes down to it, Harry simply had too much compassion in him to cast an effective killing curse.
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