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M$5 May 29, 2009 08:03 PM

How many people die from Tasers?

yearly? all-time? worldwide? in the USA?

What stats are out there?
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May 29, 2009 08:21 PM
From June 2001 and June 2007, at least 245 cases of deaths of subjects soon after having been shocked using Tasers.

Here are more grim statistics:

Grim Statistics – Taser Death Toll
http://judycarlin.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/grim-statistics-taser-death-toll/

According to a 2006 article:
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/2894/

In 2001, Amnesty International recorded three Taser-associated deaths.
This number has increased each year, peaking at 61 in 2005.

Amnesty's reports between 2001 and 2008, 334 people died after being struck by Tasers.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taser_controversy#Deaths_and_injuries
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/2894/
http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_11756300
http://judycarlin.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/grim-statistics-taser-death-toll...

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May 30, 2009 11:07 AM
According to Amnisty Internation 2009 Report, 334 people were killed by Taser Guns from 2001 to 2009, in the US alone.

Taser Death Map has good information on Canada, as well:

http://www.taserdeathmap.org/

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