A former Canadian chef from Mississauga has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of counseling or aiding suicide, marking a major turn in a case that spans across 40 countries. Kenneth Law, 60, stood in a Newmarket, Ontario, courtroom on Friday, May 29, to enter these pleas, which come as part of a legal agreement that will see Canadian prosecutors withdraw 14 previous murder charges against him.
According to the Associated Press, the courtroom gallery was filled with grieving family members. Many dabbed away tears while a prosecutor provided a harrowing account of the final moments of nearly 100 people who died after using lethal products purchased from Law. Law utilized a series of websites to market and sell sodium nitrite, a salt typically used to cure meats that can be fatal if ingested in large quantities.
