Canadian accused of selling lethal chemical online pleads guilty to aiding suicide
Kenneth Law pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide after prosecutors said murder convictions were no longer viable.
- Kenneth Law, a 60-year-old Canadian, faces 14 counts of aiding suicide and first-degree murder for allegedly selling a deadly chemical online to 14 people who died by suicide in Ontario.
- Law operated websites since around 2020 selling sodium nitrite, shipping over 1,200 packages to more than 40 countries, prompting international investigations.
- He has been in custody since his arrest in May 2023 and is expected to plead guilty to aiding suicide under a deal with prosecutors, resulting in the murder charges being withdrawn.
- Aiding suicide convictions carry up to 14 years in prison, while first-degree murder carries a mandatory life sentence in Canada.
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Canadian Kenneth Law admitted before the court that he sold lethal substances online to people who committed suicide, sending over 1,200 packages to 41 countries, according to The Guardian. Law appeared Friday before a court in Newmarket, Ontario, where he pleaded guilty to his actions, after prosecutors agreed to...
Law would sell over 12,000 packages of toxic substances to people met in online suicide forums. The media report that man is suspected of having dealt with the death of at least 147 people
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NDTVCanadian poison seller pleads guilty to aiding suicides, avoids murder trial
NEWMARKET, Canada: The Canadian man who sold poison to distressed people worldwide pleaded guilty on Friday to 14 counts of aiding suicide but avoided a murder trial, an outcome one victim's father branded "a disgrace."
According to researchers, he earned hundreds of thousands of Canadian dollars from the sale of the substances through his websites.
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