What is the test for refusing to extradite an alleged serial killer to the United States?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from United States of America v. Khuc, 2008 BCCA 425 (CanLII):
Ferras, at paragraph 54, gives the judge, after "a limited weighing of evidence", the power to refuse extradition when it would be dangerous or unsafe to convict on the basis of it. See also United States of America v. Graham, 2007 BCCA 345, 222 C.C.C. (3d) 1 ¶ 31, 32, leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused, [2007] S.C.C.A. No. 467, and Scarpitti v. United States of America, 2007 BCCA 498 ¶ 45, leave to appeal to S.C.C. requested.
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