 Earlier, in 1991, some Supreme Court justices had, in "Kindler v. Canada (Minister of Justice)", expressed skepticism about the legal argument regarding the phenomenon, writing that the stress was not as severe a punishment as the execution itself, and writing that the prisoners themselves choose to appeal their sentences, thus being responsible for the prolonged stay on death row.In "Burns", however, the Court acknowledged that the mere process of execution, including making sure that the sentence is carried out justly, "seems inevitably to provide lengthy delays, and the associated psychological trauma.This cast doubt on whether the risk of execution after extradition, as a whole, could be compatible with the principles of fundamental justice.