{
  "id": 9517655,
  "title": "Kenneth Law’s sentencing hearing to hear from more victims’ families",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/kenneth-laws-sentencing-hearing-to-hear-from-more-victims-families",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T08:00:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2026/09/24/kenneth-laws-sentencing-hearing-to-hear-from-more-victims-families"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An Ontario court is set to hear testimonies from additional victims' families regarding Kenneth Law's sentencing today. The victims succumbed to suicide after purchasing products from Law's websites.\n\nMore than a dozen impact statements were presented in court on Wednesday, both in person and through video recordings. Several statements expressed that Law exploited individuals in their most vulnerable state, depriving them of their future and leaving families devastated by grief.\n\nKenneth Law, a former chef from Mississauga, Ontario, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide in the deaths of 14 individuals in Ontario. He entered this plea weeks after being scheduled to stand trial on the same charges and 14 additional counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors have indicated they intend to drop the murder charges following Law's sentencing.\n\nLaw operated multiple websites for selling sodium nitrite and similar products used for self-harm. He shipped approximately 1,200 packages to people across more than 40 countries, including around 160 packages within Canada.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Additional victims' families to testify in Kenneth Law's sentencing",
    "Over a dozen impact statements presented in court",
    "Law pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide"
  ],
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      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Kenneth Law’s sentencing hearing to hear from more victims’ families",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/kenneth-laws-sentencing-hearing-to-hear-from-more-victims-families-9529339",
        "published": "2026-09-24T08:00:17.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}