Canada Extradites Ng Without Seeking Death Penalty Assurances

On October 26, 1989, Doug Lewis, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, released a letter to Donald W. MacLeod, counsel for defendant Charles Chitat Ng, rejecting a request that Canada exercise its right to ask the United States for assurances that Mr. Ng would not suffer the death penalty if he were extradited to the U.S. to stand trial for murder in California.