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'''DJW''' is a man from British Columbia , [[Canada]] who in 2007 attempted to circumcise his four-year-old son on the kitchen floor of his home in April 2007. He used a carpet blade that he purchased at Home Depot earlier that day and sterilized. He didn’t give his son any anesthetic, just four ounces of homemade honey wine. The [[circumcision ]] wasn’t successful and there was significant [[bleeding]], which the father stopped with the help of a veterinary blood-stopping agent and paper towels.

The result,” according to court documents submitted by the Crown, was “the foreskin on D.J.’s penis stuck out like two arms. D.J. was not [[circumcised]]. He was disfigured.”== 2005 ==According to the Crown, the father lacked the medical skills to perform a [[circumcision]]. He tried to circumcise himself in 2005 using a Zhenxi ring, or circumcision ring. It wasn't successful and the father had to be rushed to a hospital.<ref>{{REFweb |quote= |url=http://www.canmoreleader.com/2012/11/16/man-who-botched-sons-home-circumcision-guilty-of-criminal-negligence |title=B.C. man who botched son's home-circumcision guilty of criminal negligence, top court rules |last= |first= |publisher= |date=2012-11-16 |accessdate=2012-11-16}}</ref> == 2007 ==In 2007, after giving his son some homemade honey wine, D.J.W. attempted to circumcise the boy on the kitchen floor, according to court documents, wounding him in the process.  The boy later had to have corrective surgery — where the circumcision process was completed. D.J.W. was found guilty in 2009 of criminal negligence causing bodily harm, but was acquitted of two other charges. The [https://www.bccourts.ca B.C. Court of Appeal] stayed the conviction and upped the charge to aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.<ref>{{REFweb |quote= |url=http://www.canada.com/court+hears+botched+home+circumcision+case+Friday/7555676/story.html#ixzz2CRpN8ArG |title=Court hears botched home circumcision case |last= |first= |publisher= |date=2012-11-16 |accessdate=2012-11-16}}</ref>

In 2009, the man was charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. He was convicted of criminal negligence causing bodily harm but acquitted of the other two charges. The B.C. Court of Appeal found him guilty on all counts, and he appealed to the [https://scc-csc.ca/home-accueil/index-eng.aspx Supreme Court].

The father identifies himself as a Jehovah’s Witness - — a church that neither condones nor forbids the practice. He said he personally believes circumcision is necessary to “make things right with God.”

* [http://harpers.org/archive/2010/01/spare-the-rod/ Spare the Rod]