Read the passage from the Magna Carta.No freemen shall be taken or imprisoned . . . or in any way destroyed . . . except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land. . . –The Magna Carta, 1215What inference can be made about King John to explain why the writers of the Magna Carta included this passage?
Answer
A
He had been too weak to jail his enemies.
B
He had used the law of the land to jail his enemies.
C
He had been unfairly imprisoned by his enemies.
D
He had arbitrarily and unlawfully jailed his enemies.
Explanation
The passage says freemen may not be imprisoned except through a lawful judgment or according to the law of the land. Including this protection suggests that King John had imprisoned people without following those legal safeguards. Choice D, that he had arbitrarily and unlawfully jailed his enemies, best explains why the writers wanted this rule.
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