Canadian accused of selling lethal chemical online pleads guilty to aiding suicide
Prosecutors will drop 14 murder charges after Law admits selling sodium nitrite online, and investigators say more than 100 deaths have been linked to him.
- On Friday, Kenneth Law pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide in a Newmarket, Ontario, court, prompting prosecutors to withdraw all 14 first-degree murder charges against him.
- Prosecutors withdrew the murder charges due to lack of a viable conviction path after the Supreme Court declined to "conclusively resolve" whether aiding suicide constitutes murder.
- Law's online operation shipped lethal substances to over 40 countries; the National Crime Agency in Britain identified 232 purchasers, with about 79 deaths linked to products in the United Kingdom.
- Sentencing will occur at a separate hearing likely in September, when the court will hear victim impact statements from families affected by Law's operation.
- The case has prompted national discussions on suicide prevention in Ontario and beyond; support remains available 24/7 by calling or texting 988, Canada's national suicide prevention helpline.
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Kenneth Law Pleads Guilty to 14 Counts of Aiding Suicide in Ontario
A Mississauga, Ont., man accused of selling deadly products online to people at risk of self-harm has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of counselling or aiding suicide. Kenneth Law entered the pleas in a Newmarket, Ont., courtroom on May 29 in connection with operating websites that sold sodium nitrate and other toxic substances between 2020 and May 2023 to people in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries. Law was schedul…
Kenneth Law, a 60-year-old Canadian, has pleaded guilty this Friday to selling suicide kits that included poison to more than 100 people around the world so that they could take their lives. During a court hearing in Toronto, Law, also known as the 'venom dealer', has pleaded guilty to 14 charges for suicide assistance after the prosecution agreed to drop the murder charges. The Canadian Police has alleged that Law had managed several websites s…
A Canadian who is said to have sold suicidal sets on the Internet and thus caused the death of numerous people has pleaded guilty on 14 counts. "I plead guilty," said Kenneth Law, a former chef, on Friday in front of a court in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. The 60-year-old faced 14 charges of suicidal aid and recommendation. 14 murder charges first filed had been withdrawn. The defendant had sent hundreds of packages of legal substance that can be…
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Medicine Hat NewsA timeline of key events in the case of Kenneth Law, who admitted to aiding suicides
Kenneth Law, an Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances online to people who later used them to take their own lives, has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding
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