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She's too busy putting the attorneys in their place. >> let's stop in right now. i have told counsel before first of all, no one talks over the other. please don't go off focus here. no, no. >> reporter: her style may be a turnoff to some, but to cnn legal analysts, it's 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. she's going to let everybody know who is in charge and it's going to be her. >> reporter: judge nelson wasn't originally chosen to hear this case. she replaced another judge who the d...

It's the only way to operate a courtroom. you cannot just let lawyers take control of the courtroom. it's the judge's 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. they're 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 she -- >> what? wait a minute, what? you disagree with sunny? i'm stunned. >> stop it, stop it. i ...

>> 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 nation's 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 game and somehow is killed. how could this happen? someone who was doing nothing wrong, who wasn't...

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 didn't support them and the facts of this case don't support felony murder child abuse. and i think the judge got it right. >> danny, how do you think the prosecution did in the...

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 think it really resonated in the courtroom. >> danny, for you the moment was when the prosecutor broug...