University of Waterloo and Hal Mattson

Hal Mattson: Earlier this month, lawyer Hal Mattson won an adjournment on the sentencing of Yiyan Xie, 21, a Chinese national convicted of trying to kill his former girlfriend, Yiyang Hao, a University of Waterloo student. , according to Hamilton Spectator. On Wednesday, Hearn again agreed to adjourn sentencing, this time to Jan. 16. A defence lawyer remains concerned that China could "red-flag" his client for the death penalty. Justice Gary Hearn granted the delay after Mattson said he had just learned that if Xie gets a stiff prison sentence here and is deported, he could be put on trial in China for the Waterloo crime and sentenced to death. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.