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The trial judge found the kitchen was not a sanitary place for a surgical procedure, that the blade used wasn't as sharp as a surgical instrument and it was inappropriate to use a veterinary product to try and staunch the [[bleeding]] from the boy's partly severed [[foreskin]].
DJW's religious background was as a Jehovah's Witness, although he was "disfellowshipped" by his family and the church. The Crown said his religious education and associations later led him to believe that male [[circumcision ]] was a covenant with God.
He attempted to circumcise himself in 2005 and could not stop the [[bleeding]]. He had to go to an emergency room where a doctor sutured the wound.
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* [[Canada]]
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* [http://harpers.org/archive/2010/01/spare-the-rod/ Spare the Rod]
* [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcca/doc/2011/2011bcca522/2011bcca522.html?autocompleteStr=R.%20v.%20DJW&autocompletePos=1 R. v. D.J.W., 2011 BCCA 522 (CanLII)]
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