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.