Sirius and the Dark Mark

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No: HPFGUIDX 35619

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "hollygolightly95" 
<miss_hollygolightly at h...> wrote:
> >--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "hollygolightly95" 
> wrote: 
> > > 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?  
> > > holly 
>  
> >IIRC, the Dark Marks vanished when LV was defeated by the infant 
> >Potter. They did not return until GoF when LV was "reincarnated" 
by 
> >Pettigrew's spell. So it would not have been detectable when 
Sirius 
> >was arrested. 
> > 
> >A Barkeep in Diagon Alley 
> > 
> 
> Greetings from London.
> All points taken. And very valuable ones too - thanks.
> One of the reasons I raised the question is that I thought it would 
> help Sirius to clear his name at the end of GoF. If he was a DE and 
> carried the Mark it should have returned as it did for Snape and 
> Karkaroff. 
> Unless Fudge isn't interested of course. I agree with the 
suggestion 
> that he may have had his reasons to see Sirius framed. 
> 
> Holly.

OK, now I see your point. Yeah, makes perfect sense to me. Sirius 
should be able to turn into his normal self, and show these people 
that he does not have the Dark Mark, and that indeed he was 
wrongfully imprisoned. So absolutely, he can now prove to Fudge that 
he is not a DE. He couldn't clear his name before (his original 
trial), but now it's a piece of cake.

Cheers!

A Barkeep in Diagon Alley