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Cable analysts. there's the yelling and the screaming and there's the law. and the law states in florida and probably most of the other 49 states it is not illegal to follow. period. >> period. >> so to instruct a jury -- any time you instruct a jury on the law in closings is not allowed. if you try to object as a defense attorney, it looks bad. >> it looks bad. you try not to interrupt each other's closings. there's no love lost for these two sides. they're brass knuckles, bloody knuckles and fighting each other on everything and there will be interruptions if one side doesn't like what the o...

Sometimes attorneys cite bible versus or historic documents or tell colorful stories. that's all per misted during closing arguments. bernie dila rionda has some dramatic flair. >> how much will the tension we see from don west, the defense, and the judge play a role in deciding how far to let the defense go in terms of interrupting. >> great question. if the history of this trial is any guide, the judge is going to keep very tight rein on him. we are allowed to object, we trial lawyers. you can stand up, state your objection. objection, hearsay, in just a word or two. that's it. no speaking o...

>> reporter: but she has a very different style from the judge in what was perhaps the most celebrated television trial of all. >> she's not lance ito from the o.j. simpson case. i think judge debra nelson has a firm control over this courtroom. she's very quiet about it. >> reporter: in fact, marcia clarke, the prosecutor in the o.j. case says he's more like melvin berry, who presided over the casey anthony trial. >> he never goes past the point of relevance. it's either irrelevant or improper, she drops the hammer immediately and then she enforces her own ruling and doesn't let anybody fly a...

>> can i respond further? >> no. i refer you to the rules. >> there's a lot going on with all the media and racial tensions. and to keep a tight courtroom is imperative. >> reporter: but she has a very different style from the judge in what was perhaps the most celebrated television trial of all. >> she's not lance ito from the o.j. simpson case. i think judge nelson has a firm control over this courtroom. she's very quiet about it. >> reporter: maria clash said she is more like the judge who presided over the casey anthony trial. >> she drops the hammer immediately and then she enforces her o...

In front of a jury just so we could have shown them for who they are. >> interesting. i want to play this back. >> please don't go off focus here. >> object, he's badgering the witness. now he's coming up with some financiful thing. >> stop this right now. i have told counsel before, first of all, no one talks over the other, the court reporter can only take one person down at a time. i will not have any speaking objections in the courtroom. what is your legal objection? >> he's harassing the witness, your honor. >> overruled. i don't need a comment, i just need you to show the counsel. >> are...