Black Voice Recently a state supreme court allowed a police officer to testify that an unknown voice on an audio tape sounded like a black male -- the defendant. Commentator Lis Wiehl says this decision to allow a witness to identify a person's race based on his or her voice, is like court sanctioned racial stereotyping.

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Black Voice

May 19, 200012:00 AM ET

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Recently a state supreme court allowed a police officer to testify that an unknown voice on an audio tape sounded like a black male — the defendant. Commentator Lis Wiehl says this decision to allow a witness to identify a person's race based on his or her voice, is like court sanctioned racial stereotyping.