I just caught myself on a thought:
You can arrange couple capacitors in parallel, charge them up to 300 V (or even higher, depending on capacitor) and go around poking people, maybe even lethally. Why this did not happen before? Seems like super easy plan for criminals to kill someone or severely damage. Some caps have very small internal resistance, so I think it is a piece of cake to get some substantial current to the body. Am I missing something?
There are reasons why Psychopaths prefer guns & knives.
Georg Simon Ohm will not be denied!
Yes,the caps may have very low internal resistance,but the person does not.
The current through the person will be :-
I=V/R, initially,but this is the best you will get.
The current will then decay exponentially,according to the values of C & R,being effectively zero at t=5CR.
On that basis the practice may well be dangerous,but to the perpetrator,rather than the victim.
The latter will jerk away on contact,& may "by reflex" deliver you a punch in the mouth.
To add insult to injury,a Police Officer will then arrest you for assault.
Yes,people have received dangerous shocks from capacitors,but they have usually been large transmitting type oil-filled
units,charged to 5 or more kV.
I have visions of the OP, cackling maniacally,pushing a wheelbarrow with one of those things in it,whilst he stalks his next victim!