But that raises the troubling question of why Dumbledore let Sirius go to Azkaban, knowing he was innocent. The question can be answered in a few different ways:
-Dumbledore thought they were *both* spies, and thought Sirius had killed Peter for some internal-Death-Eater-politics reason.
-Dumbledore had no solid evidence, and/or his political influence was not enough to set Sirius free.
-Dumbledore had reasons of his own for letting Sirius go to prison -- possibly to placate Snape, possibly because he somehow knew that it would be important in the future.
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Re: DD knows...
Date: 2004-07-15 03:33 pm (UTC)-Dumbledore thought they were *both* spies, and thought Sirius had killed Peter for some internal-Death-Eater-politics reason.
-Dumbledore had no solid evidence, and/or his political influence was not enough to set Sirius free.
-Dumbledore had reasons of his own for letting Sirius go to prison -- possibly to placate Snape, possibly because he somehow knew that it would be important in the future.