While Kenneth Law is set to admit to 14 charges of aiding or counseling suicide, Canadian prosecutors are withdrawing second degree murder charges, multiple sources have confirmed, causing anger among devastated families. Law, 60, is a former chef accused of running a number of online forums that offered predominantly young, distressed people advice on how to end their lives.He allegedly shipped parcels to hundreds of people in dozens of countries containing sodium nitrite, a legally available preservative that can be fatal in certain concentrations. Kim Prosser's son Ashtyn took his own life in March 2023, weeks before Law's arrest. It is one of the 14 Canadian deaths at issue in the case being heard in Newmarket, just north of Toronto. Prosser told AFP prosecutors had informed her that Law will plead guilty to counseling suicide, with the murder charges dropped, information also shared with Canadian media by Law's defense lawyer Matthew Gourlay.The office of Ontario's attorney general told AFP Law will appear in person on Friday "to take a plea."Prosser, who said she will attend the hearing, spoke of the excruciatingly painful three years since her son's death on March 30, 2023. She said she received his ashes that April 13, her birthday, just two weeks before what would have been Ashtyn's 20th birthday."To be at the courthouse on Friday and to sit there... it's a beginning to another chapter of this process of healing," she said. Prosser, who now works in holistic coaching and wellness, told AFP she understands other families are furious Law will not be held culpable for murder, but said she does not share that emotion. 'For me, it's murder'David Parfett's son Thomas was 22 when he ended his own life in 2021 with materials allegedly supplied by Law. Thomas's death is not part of the ongoing Canadian case, but is one of nearly 100 British suicides reportedly linked to Law's online forums. Since Thomas's death, David Parfett has become an advocate for change, urging more rigorous legislation to confront online spaces that guide people toward harm. He noted that while he is not a lawyer, he believes Canadian authorities were missing an opportunity to establish the gravity of Law's conduct. "This was a man who was more than urging and assisting suicide," Parfett told AFP.