print email comment close Amnesty International’s Concerns About Taser Use: Statement to the U.S. Justice Department Inquiry into Deaths in Custody URL: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR51/151/2007/en/dom-AMR511512007en.html Description: "This document provides the text of an oral briefing by Amnesty International to the Chief Medical Panel supporting a US Justice Department inquiry into deaths in custody following electro-muscular disruption. The study is examining the impact of Taser stun guns and similar electrical weapons known as 'conducted energy devices' (CEDs). Amnesty International's statement was given on 27 September 2007 in Washington, DC. Publisher: Amnesty International Extra Keywords stun gun electro-shock weapons Library of Congress Subject Headings: Human rights Police -- Equipment and supplies Stun guns LII Database Information: Record 13182 created by Maria Brandt on 11/30/2004 Last modification on 01/19/2009 Published: 11/30/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/13182