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"Correct, IF they have Scott's fingerprints. But IF they have his fingerprints on the tape, then why did they waste time at prelim with one hair?"

It's true that there was quite a bit of time spent on one hair in the pliers, even though there could be an innocent explanation for what they found. I wonder if the legal wrangling over MtDNA is important because they want to use it for other evidence (e.g., maybe they have evidence of Scott's hair on the tape, he just had a hair cut after all). I think there is probably more forensic evidence. I would quite surprised if they couldn't get something off of the body and/or debris that washed up with it.

I think that the Prosecution put on the hair in the pliers just to show the slightest link to Laci and the boat, the boat to the marina, the marina to the dumping grounds. Simple. The world already knows that Snott had been to the marina/area where Laci and Connors bodies washed up, by his own admission. The bar is so low to bind a suspect over for trial, why would they have to show any or all of their cards??
They knew that he would be bound over. No need to show their theory, their entire case to Geragross so he could con-cocked his Hollywood Made for TV Fantasy defense.