Sentencing hearing begins for Kenneth Law, who sold substances used for suicide
The hearing will hear victim-impact statements from families as prosecutors seek a sentence of up to 14 years for aiding suicide.
- Kenneth Law's sentencing hearing began Wednesday in an Ontario courtroom, four months after he pleaded guilty to aiding 14 suicides in Canada and admitted playing a role in dozens of deaths abroad.
- Law operated an online business selling toxic salts to vulnerable individuals, shipping about 1,200 packages globally for as little as $80 apiece between 2021 and 2023, earning around $300,000.
- Victims in Ontario included two 16-year-olds, and Law admitted a role in 79 deaths in Britain. The hearing will continue for several days as families provide victim-impact statements.
- The Crown stayed murder charges in May after a separate court ruling made prosecution impossible. Law now faces up to 14 years in prison for aiding suicide counts as prosecutors and defence argue sentencing.
- Stephen Mitchell Sr., whose son died in 2023, plans to call for a formal inquiry, arguing his son's death was preventable and authorities should have acted sooner to stop Law.
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A timeline of key events in the case of Kenneth Law
Kenneth Law, an Ontario man who sold lethal substances online to people who later used them to take their own lives, is set to face a sentencing hearing over the next few days. Law, a former chef, has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide in the province. Court heard earlier this year that […]
Between 2020 and 2023, a Canadian sold a lethal product on the internet, shipped in simple envelopes all over the world. Kenneth Law, 60 years old, now has to answer for his role in the death of several of his clients. Starting on Wednesday...
The Toronto Star
A timeline of key events in the case of Kenneth Law, who admitted to aiding suicides
Kenneth Law, an Ontario man who sold lethal substances online to people who later used them to take their own lives, is set to face a sentencing hearing over the
Radio France Internationale
Canada judge to decide prison term for suicide poison seller
Law pleaded guilty in May to aiding the suicide of 14 people in Canada after prosecutors determined they lacked evidence to convict him of murder over his online forums where he advised people on how to end their lives. Law has admitted that he proactively looked for customers, appearing on a suicide discussion forum under a pseudonym, and made fatal substances available for purchase. Law sold poison to people in at least 41 countries, including…
Accused of selling sodium nitrite, a legal substance that could be lethal from a certain dose, Kenneth Law, a former cook of a luxury hotel in Toronto, had pleaded guilty in May to 14 counts of aiding or inciting suicide. He had also admitted that he had anonymously managed, since the Covid-19 pandemic, several online forums on which he offered advice to commit suicide to young people in distress. However, Canadian prosecutors abandoned the pros…
Winnipeg Free Press
Sentencing hearing begins for Kenneth Law, who sold substances used for suicide
Friends and relatives of those who took their own lives using items bought online from Kenneth Law are expected to lay bare their loss in court in the coming days as the Ontario man linked to dozens of deaths worldwide faces a sentencing hearing.
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