Sirius a DE?

[gregtaylor02]

No: HPFGUIDX 167993

No, Sirius was never a death eater.  He was blamed for giving the
information of Lily and James' location to Lord Voldemort.  He was
supposed to be their secret keeper, and convinced them to use the
less obvious choice of Wormtail.

When he found out of the betrayal he went after Wormtail, no one
knew it was Wormtail who was the one who betrayed the Potters.
Sirius was blamed for Wormtail's death and giving the information
to Lord Voldemort.  This was wrong, it was Wormtail.

We do know that Sirius did not have the Dark Mark, which he would
have to have had if he was a Death Eater. Lord Voldemort made all
his Death Eaters get this mark and it was clear in one of the books
(not sure which) that Sirius did not have it. Remember also that
Sirius said "No one stops being a Death Eater" to Harry in the
Goblet of Fire (when he was talking in the fire). If Sirius had
been a death eater and was not anymore, he would not have made
that statement, even if he was a spy.

Hope this was helpful - Greg