Murder Trial
After a lengthy extradition battle with Canadian courts, Ng was handed over to U.S. authorities. He stood trial in 1998 on twelve counts of murder and was convicted on February 24, 1999, of eleven: six men, three women and two male infants. He was sentenced to death. Ng's trial was lengthy and cost California approximately $20 million. At the time, it was the most expensive trial in the state's history.
Ng is currently on death row at San Quentin State Prison. Since entering prison, Ng has taken up a correspondence course in art at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV).
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