Ex-chef who supplied poison for suicides to avoid murder charges
Summary
A Canadian man named Kenneth Law, accused of sending poison to people thinking about suicide worldwide, is set to plead guilty to 14 charges of helping or advising suicide. Prosecutors have dropped second-degree murder charges against him, which has upset many families of those who died.Key Facts
- Kenneth Law, 60, is a former chef from Canada.
- He ran online forums that gave mostly young, troubled people advice on how to take their own lives.
- Law shipped sodium nitrite, a common preservative that can be deadly in high amounts, to hundreds of people in many countries.
- Law is expected to plead guilty to 14 charges of aiding or counseling suicide.
- Second-degree murder charges against Law have been dropped by Canadian prosecutors.
- Law’s case is linked to multiple deaths, including 14 suicides in Canada and dozens in the UK.
- Families of some victims disagree with the plea deal and feel his actions should be considered murder.
- Canadian law experts say there is uncertainty about whether counseling suicide and murder charges can apply to the same act.
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