BOSTON — Last week, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a public hearing to review several pieces of legislation including state Sen. John C. Velis’s refiled legislation to modernize the commonwealth’s antiquated wiretap statute.

“At the end of the day, this is all about keeping our communities safe. It is absolutely irrefutable that not only has the nature of crime changed drastically since this statute was created, but also that technology has evolved in countless ways over the past 57 years,” Velis said in a press release.

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