TULSA, Okla. — Supporters of April Wilkens held a vigil on Saturday advocating for the judge to change his decision and allow her to be resentenced under the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act.
FOX23 covered Wilkens’ recent court hearing where she attempted to petition for resentencing under the Oklahoma Survivors Act, a law that requires courts to factor in domestic violence when sentencing a victim.
On Sept. 4, Tulsa Judge David Guten ruled Wilkens did not qualify for resentencing under the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act and ruled her previous sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole would continue to stand…