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This summary, based on these comments and observations, is appropriate for discussion and debate in the classroom setting.<\/p>\n<h3><em>United States of America v Burns<\/em>, [2001] 1 SCR 283<\/h3>\n<p>This case involved the decision of whether or not to extradite the accused without first receiving assurances that the receiving country would not impose the death penalty.&nbsp; The Supreme Court of Canada determined that Canada\u2019s understanding of fundamental justice and our <em>Charter of Rights and Freedoms<\/em> compelled the Minister of Justice to seek assurances that the accused would not be subject to the death penalty before extraditing the accused.&nbsp;The full decision is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/ca\/scc\/doc\/2001\/2001scc7\/2001scc7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","resource-type":[10],"area-of-law":[138,206,212,214],"subject-area":[18],"grade-level":[23,24,25],"resource-audience":[],"resource-format":[],"class_list":["post-749","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource-type-case-summaries","area-of-law-charter-law","area-of-law-criminal-law","area-of-law-controversial-issues-in-law","area-of-law-international-law","subject-area-law","grade-level-grade-10","grade-level-grade-11","grade-level-grade-12"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Five 2002: United States of America v Burns - OJEN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Five 2002: United States of America v Burns - OJEN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each year at OJEN\u2019s Toronto Summer Law Institute, a judge from the Court of Appeal for Ontario identifies five cases that are of significance in the educational setting. 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