Tony Ng did not face the death penalty due to a clause in his extradition from Canada to the United States. During his trial, Tony Ng’s attorneys argued that their client did not open fire at the Club and that Mak had forced him to participate in the crime. Thus, jurors considered duress as a factor in their decision. They found him guilty of robbery and assault -- but not murder -- and he received a 30-year-to-life sentence that made him eligible for parole. Ng appealed unsuccessfully, arguing that if jurors acquitted him of murder because of the “duress factor,” they should have acquitted him of the other charges on the same basis.