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April Wilkens has been incarcerated for more than 26 years after killing her ex-fiance in 1998 .
Wilkens was convicted of first -degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
A new law that went into effect Sept. 1 in Oklahoma will allow survivors of domestic abuse to apply for new, reduced sentences.
Oklahoma has the highest rates of domestic violence in the country, according to data from YWCA.
New York has had 65 people receive retroactive sentencing relief since July 2024 .
Oklahoma lawmakers overrode Gov. Kevin Stitt 's veto of a version of the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act .
Victims of domestic violence can file for lesser sentences if they provide evidence that they were a survivor of abuse as a “mitigating factor”.
Wilkens’ case is “an unparalleled example of a case that would qualify under this act’s new law, attorneys McCarty and Briggs said.
Wilkens ' attorneys said they could sense her excitement and hope she could be released and be reunited with her adult son, who was 7 when she was incarcerated.
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