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''Reference Re Ng Extradition''〔() 2 S.C.R. 858, 〕 was a 1991 case in which the Supreme Court of Canada held that it was permissible to extradite Charles Ng, a fugitive, to the United States, where he was wanted on charges of several murders. This was a country in which he might face the death penalty. The issue came before the court in the form of a reference from the government; the federal government asked the court for an advisory opinion as to whether the extradition of a fugitive threatened with execution would violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Along with the ''Kindler'' case, the ruling in ''Re Ng Extradition'' was essentially overturned in 2001 with ''United States v. Burns''. In ''Burns'', the Supreme Court found extraditing people to places where they might face the death penalty breached fundamental justice under the Charter. In 1998, Charles Ng was convicted by a jury in California of eleven counts of murder, and sentenced to death. According to the official California Department of Corrections death row condemned inmate list, as of November 2014 he remains on death row awaiting execution. == Background == Charles Chi-Tat Ng was in the custody of the State of California charged with eleven counts of murder, kidnapping, and burglary, for which he potentially faced the death penalty. Before his trial, he escaped and fled to Canada. On July 6, 1985, in Calgary, Alberta, he was caught shoplifting. While resisting arrest, he shot a security guard in the hand. The United States successfully petitioned the government to have Ng extradited. Ng submitted a ''habeas corpus'' request, which was denied, followed by an application to the Alberta Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada, all of which were denied. In response to requests to gain an assurance from the United States government not to seek the death penalty, the Minister of Justice submitted the following questions to the Supreme Court: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reference Re Ng Extradition」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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