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Can criminal suspects be identified just by the sound of their voices?

  • Written by Ahmar Mahboob, Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Sydney
Can criminal suspects be identified just by the sound of their voices?Prosecutors should be required to consult forensic linguistic experts on cases involving voice evidence, rather than solely relying on 'ad hoc' experts.Shutterstock

A few months ago, I received a call from a barrister who asked me if I could evaluate whether voice identification testimony submitted in a criminal case against an Indigenous man was...

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