A hearing was held in Tulsa on Wednesday for a woman asking to be let out of prison, after serving nearly 30 years for murder.

April Wilkens was convicted in 1998 of killing her ex-boyfriend, Terry Carlton.

She says it was self-defense and wants to be released based on a recently passed law.

Four people were called to the stand- three by the defense attorneys and one by the District Attorney's office.

They included a man who met Wilkens before the murder and an expert reviewed her case files.

Wilkens has been in prison since she was convicted of murder in 1998.

She’s trying to get out of prison under the Oklahoma Survivor’s Act, which says people can serve shorter sentences if they were abused by the person they killed.

Attorneys and experts with Wilkens say she was being emotionall

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