True North (Law & Order)

"True North"
Law & Order episode
Episode no. Season 9
Episode 9
Directed by Arthur W. Forney
Written by Ed Zuckerman
Original air date November 9, 1998

"True North" is the 190th episode of NBC's legal drama Law & Order, and the ninth episode of ninth season.

Plot

The investigation of the murders of a man and his daughter leads to the man's wife, a Canadian citizen who flees across the border when she is identified as a suspect. Schiff initially agrees to take capital punishment out of consideration in return for extradition, but when further evidence indicates a pattern of depravity, he and McCoy retract the promise. Although the consulate intervenes on the defendant's behalf, she is found guilty and sentenced to death.