Sirius and the Dark Mark

[jrober4211]

No: HPFGUIDX 35573

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "hollygolightly95" 
<miss_hollygolightly at h...> wrote:
> Greetings from London, England.
> Apologies if this has been discussed before (couldn't find it in 
the 
> archives...)
> 
> If all Death Eaters have the Dark Mark on their arm, it should be 
> easy enough to identify them. If Sirius never was a Death Eater, he 
> doesn't carry the mark, so why was that not enough to prove his 
> innocence? Why was he sent to Azkaban without even a trial?
> 
>Hi there, I asked more or less the same thing when I put out a 
possible theory of Sirius being a traitor in the future.One of the 
key things was whether all deatheaters had the dark mark or not,and 
did Sirius have one? Evidently he does not have the mark as someone 
from the lists reminded me of the scene in the cave where Harry tells 
him about the marks, and Sirius is puzzled by it. I personally, think 
it would be stupid to brand every single one of your followers, like 
the DE's, if you ever hope to have an inside person at Hogwarts to 
gather information. 

Jo Ellen