From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   [Boston news]   
      
   Mass. lawmaker hopes to change wiretapping law after alleged domestic   
   violence victim charged   
      
   Plymouth, Mass -   
      
   As a Massachusetts state lawmaker outlined his reasons for updating the   
   state wiretapping law to allow victims of domestic violence to record   
   their abusers, the case that is helping drive the proposed changes was   
   before a judge in Plymouth Tuesday.   
      
   Alex Fopiano was in court today as his lawyer asked the judge to dismiss   
   the criminal charges against him. He is accused of attempting to suffocate   
   his wife, Shauna Fopiano, with a pillow.   
       ....   
      
   But it's charges against Shauna that are driving a lawmaker on Beacon   
   Hill to take action. She was criminally charged with eight counts of   
   illegal wiretapping for making secret recordings of her husband, her   
   alleged abuser. In a deal approved earlier this month, the charges   
   will be dismissed in six months as long as she commits no other   
   crimes.   
      
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   rest:   
   https://www.wcvb.com/article/5-investigates-lawmaker-hopes-to-ch   
   nge-wiretapping-law/40592734   
      
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