I don't even think this. She's a raging narcissist / sociopath and thinks everyone is beneath her.
She wants to dictate her narrative and force her lawyer to support it. She doesn't care how long it takes, she's prepared to die on that hill and will not work with anyone until they submit to her distorted nonsense.
IMO, she's desperate for her court performance where she will be the star of the show, prove everyone wrong, and the judge will tell her 'SB you're so intelligent you should really be doing my job, we're so sorry we thought you murdered someone'.
She's probably very used to controlling people in her real life - browbeating is a Narc tactic. Obviously she's *not* used to dealing with highly trained legal professionals (who are very used to dealing with people like her because 'Florida'. She's mocked and derided Bankowitz, making personal asides about him. She's bombarded the judge with lengthy letters only one week apart in showmanship of her intellectual 'skills' and insights.
Narcs are super fond of emotionally hijacking and hostage taking people (literally killed J locked in a suitcase whilst mocking him highlights this perfectly).
I suspect she very much enjoys being in prison - she may be getting a lot of support and camaraderie from other women who admire that she 'tortured and killed her abuser'. She looks so much more physically 'well' than before prison. She looks calm, self assured, her breathing rate is level, she's not got any anxiety displacement, she smirks in contempt when leaving after the judge says no to her 'do I get to speak'.
She's a contemptuous person who has no respect for anyone or anything. She's got a captive audience in prison (god help them) and she enjoys being the star of the show in court, she enjoys that the judge is forced to read her long long letters that she endlessly writes. I'm blown away by how decent the judge is and how he simply tells it straight with no judgement or insincerity. I think he knows she's desperate to get a rise / reaction from him (that's what Narcs live and die for), so he's handling it immaculately.
JMO MOO