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Shes too busy putting the attorneys in their place. >> lets stop in right now. i have told counsel before first of all, no one talks over the other. please dont go off focus here. no, no. >> reporter: her style may be a turnoff to some, but to cnn legal analysts, its a breath of fresh air. >> this case could have easily unraveled. this case could have easily imploded. the judge is going to have no part of it. shes going to let everybody know who is in charge and its going to be her. >> reporter:...

Its the only way to operate a courtroom. you cannot just let lawyers take control of the courtroom. its the judges court. they should step up and nothing drives me more insane than to be in a trial, have a judge make a ruling and then it always happens with prosecutors. theyre like little kids when you take their toys away. but your honor, your honor. and the judge will listen to them. i hate that. the best judges are like this who cut you off. i do surprise surprise disagree with sunny. when sh...

>> so that was the moment jeff toobin picked as the most effective. back with our panel, all of whom have their own picks. you thought that was the best because, what, because the prosecutor really kind of brought it back home to what this case is all about. >> exactly. it a reminder of why this case captured the nations attention a year and a half ago when it happened. how can we live in a country where a 17-year-old boy goes to buy skittles and an iced tea, comes home to watch the nba all-star...

Favorable toward the prosecution throughout this. did you think that was a bridge too far for them? >> yeah, that was a stretch. i think it was a surprise to everyone. i was in the courtroom when they announced it, and you could hear the lawyers in the courtroom sort of gasp. i was among those. i think the judge made the right ruling. the government tried for it, they tried for ag assault at one point, but the case law didnt support them and the facts of this case dont support felony murder chil...

This case? >> exactly. you have six women on the jury, five of them are mothers and it shakes, i think, your very core as a person that someone could see your child walking down the street and make all these false assumptions just because of the way that he looks. i think it was really important for the prosecution to hone in on that because that is what is wrong fundamentally about this case. trayvon martin was doing nothing wrong. yet he was profiled, he was followed, he was targeted. and i th...

To the board of elections. its seven times the number to get on the ballot. he told he hes optimistic the public will hear the case as he tries to return to public office. >> as i would never predict a jury verdict, i have never predicted elections. i dont want to predict what the public will do. i want to serve. its more than i can ask for. i hope i make a persuasive case based on my record. >> he resigned in 2008. hes leading the democratic challenger to be new york citys comptroller. there ar...

Especially when you compare him to don west. the judge likes him. the jury likes him. hes a very likable lawyer. hes got a really great demeanor. his voice is soothing. and i think he comes across as sort of proffesorial. i expect his summation to be very good, and im interested in seeing how he incorporates the animation into his presentation. he did say, anderson, that he isnt going to write out his summation, because he sort of breathes this case, has been living this case and will just speak...

Get the dna sample. a source tells cnn, when he threw away a plastic water bottle at a construction sight, they grabbed it. >> its fair, legal method for collecting. >> the family said they are outraged and offended after offering a dna sample last year. her nephew has written a book on the case and praises police for not giving up. >> its amazing to me, today, to understand that people really did care about what happened to my aunt. >> once the body is exhumed, dna results are expected in days ...

Legally. he hadnt broke in or sneaked in or trespassed. he was there legally. he bought skittles and some kind of watermelon or iced tea or whatever its called. that was his crime. >> mark, do you find it effective in closing arguments to use props and things like that, to use the gun, et cetera? >> yeah, i think it is effective when you use props. i dont think its effective to be yelling the whole time. i think that if you modulate, its a lot more effective. and i think at a certain point it lo...

Points towards innocence, you must find him not guilty. and in this case, i think thats what hes going to do. >> he has one very specific assignment. hes got to show that self-defense is a defense both to murder and to manslaughter. hes got a big problem with this manslaughter. the jury might want to compromise and convict him of manslaughter. that would be a disaster for george zimmerman. hes got to make the argument that self-defense is an absolute defense to both charges and try to persuade t...