The Dark Mark as Evidence

[potterfanat]

No: HPFGUIDX 60590

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kadoo96801 at a... wrote:
> 
> > jspotila <jspotila at y...> wrote:
> > I woke up with a start this morning, as this idea popped into my 
head.
> > 
> > Now that everyone knows about the Dark Mark being used as a 
magical tattoo on 
> > the Death Eaters, (after GoF) why can't the Ministry of Magic 
check Sirius 
> > Black for the tattoo and clear him?  


Antigone Q:
> > My understanding is that Fudge doesn't believe, or doesn't want 
to believe, 
> > anything Dumbledore &co. are telling him about Voldemort or the 
Death Eaters, 
> > even regarding the Dark Mark.   


PoPo:
> I completely beleive Fudge would have responded the same way to 
Sirius in 
> Azkaban, by trying to avoid the truth.  The question still remains 
as to why 
> Sirius didn't try to explain his situation (what really happened, 
and teh 
> Pettigrew is alive) to Fudge at the Azkaban visit. 


The Mark was only becoming clearer and clearer as Voldemort grew 
stronger. So in Prisoner of Azkaban the Mark isnt visible.  Besides 
in book 4 - as someone points out - Fudge wants to stay blind for the 
facts.

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