The Stored Communications Act poses an increasing threat to criminal defendants’ ability to access evidence. This Note analyzes pathways criminal defendants can pursue to access evidence within the current statutory framework and argues that the statute is unconstitutional as applied to cases where such pathways to exculpatory evidence are blocked. 

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平等获取证据：刑事被告和存储通信法

《存储通信法》对刑事被告获取证据的能力构成越来越大的威胁。本说明分析了刑事被告可以在当前法定框架内获取证据的途径，并认为该法规在适用于此类获得无罪证据的途径被阻止的情况下是违宪的。