Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: (CNN) In a bizarre case of a state attorney suing a governor, lawyers for prosecutor Aramis Ayala and Florida Gov. Rick Scott argued Wednesday about whether Scott was justified in removing Ayala from cases in which she would not seek the death penalty. While no decision was reached, Florida Supreme Court judges heard both sides in the debate about an elected prosecutor's discretion in trying cases vs. a governor's role in considering how "justice would be best served." "What this court has repeatedly said is the absolute discretion of prosecutors to determine whether and how to prosecute cases," said Roy L. Austin Jr., the attorney representing Ayala.Prosecutor Aramis Ayala said she wouldn't seek the death penalty in alleged cop killer caseShe sued the governor over whether he has authority to reassign her cases 
 Question:Before the two met, _ spent time in prison on drug conspiracy and counterfeiting charges, the newspaper reported, citing a statement on her website.

Ayala