Lancaster-area police sued in death of Vietnam veteran

Taser International, Lancaster-area police sued in death of Vietnam veteran
Veteran's children say father died after multiple stuns
June 18, 2012
By Saranac Hale Spencer
The Legal Intelligencer

Two of Robert A. Neill's children have filed suit in federal court almost two years after their father, a 61-year-old Vietnam veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, died after being "stunned" multiple times by a Taser.

Though their lawyer, Stewart Eisenberg of Eisenberg Rothweiler Winkler Eisenberg & Jeck, estimated there have been dozens of deaths related Taser use nationwide, this is the first suit of its kind in Pennsylvania.

Nicole and Robert Neill, both from Harrisburg, sat subdued in their lawyer's Philadelphia office as they introduced their case to the media after filing a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania last week.
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Children shocked with stun guns at Florida prisons

Report Shows Stung Guns Used on Children in Florida Prisons
07/08/09 - 11:02 AM

Associated Press

Tallahassee, Fla:

New reports indicate Florida correctional officers may have used stun guns to shock children as part of demonstrations at prisons in the past, perhaps as far back as six years ago.

That contradicts what Corrections Secretary Walter McNeil said in May when he announced that 43 children were shocked with stun guns by corrections employees at three prisons during this year’s annual “Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day.”

The Corrections Department has completed its investigation of the incidents and released nearly 300 pages with photos of children who were shocked with stun guns in April.
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