Canadiense se declarará culpable de ayudar a suicidios

Un ciudadano canadiense que enfrentaba 14 cargos de asesinato por vender sustancias letales en línea ha aceptado declararse culpable de aconsejar o ayudar a suicidios. A cambio, los fiscales retirarán los cargos por asesinato. El caso vuelve al tribunal en Newmarket, Ontario, este lunes.

Kenneth Law, un exchef de la zona de Toronto, se declarará culpable de los cargos de ayudar a suicidios, confirmó su abogado Matthew Gourlay a The Associated Press. A cambio, los fiscales canadienses planean retirar los 14 cargos de asesinato en su contra. La Canadian Broadcasting Corporation fue la primera en informar sobre el acuerdo de culpabilidad. Law ha estado bajo custodia desde que la policía lo arrestó en su casa de Mississauga en mayo de 2023. La policía canadiense alega que Law operaba sitios web que vendían nitrito de sodio, una sustancia para curar carne que puede ser letal si se ingiere. Afirman que envió al menos 1,200 paquetes a compradores en más de 40 países. Las autoridades de Estados Unidos, Gran Bretaña, Italia, Australia y Nueva Zelanda han abierto investigaciones relacionadas. La Agencia Nacional contra el Crimen del Reino Unido identificó a 232 compradores británicos en los sitios de Law en los dos años previos a abril de 2023, de los cuales 88 fallecieron. En Canadá, las presuntas víctimas eran hombres y mujeres de entre 16 y 36 años. Aunque el suicidio asistido es legal en Canadá desde 2016 para adultos de 18 años o más con enfermedades graves —proporcionado a través de médicos—, sigue siendo ilegal aconsejar o ayudar a suicidarse fuera de este marco. Inducir al suicidio conlleva una pena máxima de 14 años según el Código Penal canadiense, en comparación con la cadena perpetua por asesinato sin posibilidad de libertad condicional durante 25 años.

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