The conviction and sentencing of Ana Maria Cardona, who was 29 at the time of the 1990 slaying of Lazaro Figueroa, were overturned because prosecutors made an "inflammatory, egregious, and legally improper closing argument" during her trial in 2010, according to the court opinion released on Thursda
hile we are saddened by today's Florida Supreme Court decision in the Ana Cardona murder case, we are prepared to retry this homicide," Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a statement. "The cruelty involved in young Lazaro Figueroa's murder deserves our fundamental commitment.