A Tulsa County judge denies a woman’s request for early release after she was convicted of murdering her ex-boyfriend in 1998.
April Wilkens was convicted of killing her ex-boyfriend, Terry Carlton, and has served nearly 30 years in prison. She claims it was self-defense and wants to be released based on a recently passed law.
Both sides agreed that violence occurred in the relationship between Wilkens and Carlton, but there were disagreements over the witnesses chosen to testify…