1215 - MAGNA CARTA SIGNED BY KING JOHN

Marking the beginning of English judicial rights, it states that no man can be imprisoned without trial by his peers.

Article 39 - "No free man shall be arrested, or imprisoned, or deprived of his property, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor shall we go against him or send against him, unless by legal judgement of his peers, or by the law of the land."

Source: BBC online

"I believe people go to prison to be punished not just conveniently removed from the streets .That incarceration is now only a punishment for the law abiding is wrong . The courts should administer "just " revenge .You seem to disagree but this hiding from justice allows the innocent to suffer more than the guilty."

Source: www.boris-johnson.com