My thoughts on the order .... the only thing that the State agreed to that was not covered in the Order On Preservation Of Blood Evidence And Independent Defense Testing is the hood latch swab and the key. I don't think the State would have been able to block the testing of the blood evidence that was covered in that previous order.
At first, I was thinking, oh great.... Wiegert and Culhane get to deal with the evidence and handing it over. But after thinking about it, it might be a good thing. Zellner and anyone present (Dr. Karl Reich) will have first hand knowledge of how she handles this evidence, her lab protocols, etc. I won't be surprised if it's all videotaped too.
I would have liked to have seen that new swabs would be taken directly from the RAV4, but it seems like it's just the swabs. The hood latch swab could be interesting, but I think the State could argue that any bodily fluid/dna could have been left on there... saliva, blood, skin cells.... and dare I say... sweat haha The key.... IMO, has been mishandled already, TH's sister was handling it in the trial with her bare hands, and that's only 1 clip of the trial that I saw, did others handle it too? Then there is the producer of the Reelz program that was photographed holding it, again, with bare hands. So I don't know how useful the 2 items that the State 'agreed to make an exception for' will be.
I'm disappointed that not more is going to be tested, but I still wonder if this is just what they agreed on for now so the testing could get started, and if Zellner can later argue to the courts if she wants to test other items. She seemed to be okay with it and happy about it, which also makes me wonder what else she knows already LOL She did say in her courthouse press conference back in August that she already had enough to exonerate him but wanted to find the real killer (paraphrased, I don't have time to go back and listen to it). Anyway.... the ball is rolling, which is great, hopefully it won't take too long