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Taser International Wins Lawsuit to Change Cause of Death

May 4, 2008 15:22 by ryan

Via slashdot: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/04/1234233

Taser International Wins Lawsuit to Change Cause of Death

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday May 04, @09:09AM
from the shock-and-law dept.
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Taser International recently started a legal campaign against medical examiners who claimed tasers contributed to the cause of death for several people. On Friday, an Ohio judge ruled in favor of the stun gun manufacturer (free registration may be required). While they do have a number of scientific studies on which they establish their claims, it's interesting that the alternate cause of death they champion — excited delirium — appears only in police reports on the deaths of difficult or drug-addled inmates, not in medical textbooks. Of course, that may change soon — Taser is funding and promoting research on the subject. Coroner reports such as the ones in this case contributed to the UN's opinion that taser use is torture."
The "dont tase me bro" classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3FFnpS-eYA

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