What is the test for the protection of the liberty of the person sought at an extradition hearing?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from United States of America v. Jones, 2022 ONSC 11 (CanLII):
The protection of the liberty of the person sought is one of the most important functions of the extradition hearing: see United States of America v. Dynar, 1997 CanLII 359 (SCC), [1997] 2 S.C.R. 462 at para. 121.
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