The Miami mother convicted in the infamous 1990 murder of her young son was sentenced to death Friday by a Miami-Dade judge.
Judge Reemberto Diaz put Ana Maria Cardona, 50, back on death row for the murder of 3-year-old Lazaro "Baby Lollipops" Figueroa.
"Ana Maria Cardona, you have forfeited your right to live," Judge Diaz said as he handed down the sentence. "The weight of the aggravating factors is overwhelming. She knew what she was doing. Lazaro was tortured to death, he was mistreated his entire short life."
Cardona wept after the sentence was handed down.
The case against Cardona began in November 1990, when a child's lifeless body was found in the bushes in front of a Miami Beach mansion. The unidentified boy had been starved, beaten, bitten, his bones broken and his body dumped.
Police called him "Baby Lollipops" for the design on his shirt. He was later identified as Figueroa.
Cardona, was already convicted and sentenced to die in 1992 for the gruesome murder, but the conviction was later overturned.
Last year, Cardona was found guilty for the second time, and a jury recommended the death sentence. Judge Diaz agreed with the jury Friday, saying the mitigating factors presented by her defense were either unfounded or carried little or no weight.
"Cardona has never felt remorse. The entire trial was all about her, all about how much she suffered," said prosecutor Susan Danelly. "Thankfully, the judge listened carefully to everything and saw the truth."
