jim clemente in l.a. a retired fbi special agent and adviser.orlando, he's a reporter for wdbo radio and leonard pitts, washington, syndicated columnist and winner of a pulitzer prize for commentary. drew, i don't know if you have had a chance to witness any of this, but is it that sort of behavior -- obviously the judge does not allow that to happen in court. >> people have been very well-behaved inside the courtroom but what we've learned for this trial is there's an intense interest on exactly what is happening inside the courtroom. the arguments back and forth between lawyers. in fact, we've seen one by one the local tv stations go wall to wall and broadcast the entire proceedings that happen, but there have been no outbursts in court. the judge, judge perry, runs a very tight ship inside the courtroom and promised anyone that does any outbursts about 180 days in jail. so people have been well-behaved inside. there's an intense interest though on this case here. >> former fbi special agent jim clemente, you have probably taken a number of th

thanks to holly, thanks to wendy walsh, thanks to jim clement e, drew, and also leonard pitts. very interesting discussion. i appreciate you all joining us. i'm don lemon in the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. thanks for joining me tonight. i'll see >>> in italy a british exchange student raped and murdered in her room. >> it was horrible. the young lady bled to death. >> amanda knox, her american roommate is charged with the crime. >> my husband called me and said they have arrested amanda. >> a media frenzy with tales of cover-up and sex games turned deadly all centered around the beautiful young student dubbed foxy knoxy by the tabloids. now amanda knox sits in this italian prison convicted of murder abroad. amanda knox was going into her junior year of college. her mother eda calls amanda the fresh-faced 20-year-old intent on adventure. >>> amanda knox was going into her junior year of college. her mother eda calls amanda the fresh-faced 20-year-old intent on adventure. >> she was going to study abroad going into college somewhere. she didn't know where yet. >> amanda wo

a human behavior expert and jim clemente, retired fbi agent and advisor writer for criminal mine. he worked on the casey anthony case. drew, an orlando reporter for wdbo radio. he's been in the courtroom. leonard pitts is in washington. a syndicated columnist for "the miami herald" and winner of the pulitzer prize for commentary. you saw some of that drama there and vinnie politan was talking about it. what do you make of casey anthony and what has gone on in this trial? >> well, i mean it's really almost a greek tragedy the way this thing has unfold in court. course once the defense laid out its opening argument basically saying casey was a victim all of her life, sexual abuse at the hands of her father, caylee drowned in the pool and the father and her covered it up. basically he knew about the death this whole time and played like he didn't, it really took a turn for even more dramatic. lines to get inside the courtroom have been starting at midnight forecourt to get in the next day at 9:00. so, obviously, there's a lot of public interest about this case, and -- >> you're absol

. >> former fbi special interest, jim clemente, what is the fascination with this?you find anything different with this particular trial. >> i've worked literally hundreds of child abduction cases. this fits a certain stereo typical type. jonbenet ramsay. elizabeth smart. these are cases that garnered international interest in the media. it is the media response that causes, i think, these people to respond in such an amazingly ridiculous inappropriate way. . i think it doesn't happen inside the courtroom. that's not what justice is all about. but outside, we're seeing this kind of media built up frenzy. >> that's good question for leonard pitts. is it will tail wagging the dog here? is it will media causing this? what what is going on here? >> i think the media is exacerbating it. i think the movie is creating be what i called be a movie of the week syndrome. we have this idea of what entertainment is. it used to be someone singing or dancing or telling a joke or some dramatic acting. now we have come to the point where entertainment is those things perhaps but als