Canadense se declarará culpado por auxiliar suicídio

Um homem canadense que enfrenta 14 acusações de homicídio por vender substâncias letais online concordou em se declarar culpado por aconselhar ou auxiliar suicídio. Em troca, os promotores retirarão as acusações de homicídio. O caso retorna ao tribunal em Newmarket, Ontário, na segunda-feira.

Kenneth Law, um ex-chef da região de Toronto, se declarará culpado das acusações de auxiliar suicídio, confirmou seu advogado Matthew Gourlay à Associated Press. Em troca, os promotores canadenses planejam retirar as 14 acusações de homicídio contra ele. A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation foi a primeira a noticiar o acordo de confissão. Law está sob custódia desde que a polícia o prendeu em sua casa em Mississauga, em maio de 2023. A polícia canadense alega que Law operava sites que vendiam nitrito de sódio, uma substância usada na cura de carnes que pode ser letal se ingerida. Eles afirmam que ele enviou pelo menos 1.200 pacotes para compradores em mais de 40 países. Autoridades nos Estados Unidos, Grã-Bretanha, Itália, Austrália e Nova Zelândia abriram investigações relacionadas. A Agência Nacional de Crimes da Grã-Bretanha identificou 232 compradores britânicos nos sites de Law nos dois anos encerrados em abril de 2023, sendo que 88 deles faleceram. No Canadá, as supostas vítimas eram homens e mulheres com idades entre 16 e 36 anos. Embora o suicídio assistido seja legal no Canadá desde 2016 para adultos com 18 anos ou mais com doenças graves — fornecido por médicos —, continua sendo ilegal aconselhar ou auxiliar o suicídio de qualquer outra forma. O crime de incitar o suicídio prevê uma pena máxima de 14 anos de acordo com o Código Penal canadense, em comparação com a prisão perpétua por homicídio, sem possibilidade de liberdade condicional por 25 anos.

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