Oklahoma woman gets life in prison after admitting she asked her lover to kill her allegedly abusive pastor husband

An Oklahoma woman was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole Wednesday after admitting that she asked her lover to kill her allegedly abusive husband, a pastor, her lawyer said.

The sentence for Kristie Evans, 49, was significantly more than the "split sentence" punishment of four years in prison and life on probation sought by attorney Joi Miskel.

Miskel said prosecutors had sought life without the possibility of parole for the March 22, 2021, murder of David Evans, her husband of three decades and a pastor at Harmony Free Will Baptist Church in Ada.

The Pontotoc County prosecutor handling the case, Tara Portillo, could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

Kristie Evans will be eligible for parole in 2060, after serving most of 45 years, Miskel said.

During a sentencing hearing Tuesday, Evans testified that she asked her lover, Kahlil Square, to fatally shoot her husband while he slept, NBC affiliate KFOR reported.

She initially reported that an apparent intruder had killed him, but testified that the guilt “ate her alive” and that she surrendered to authorities to "get right with God," the station reported.

Kristie Evans described her husband as “charming” and “smooth” on the outside, but controlling and abusive to her and their three children behind closed doors, the station reported.

In interviews from jail last year, Kristie Evans told NBC News that her husband repeatedly pressured her to have sex with other men, including Square, and that he once held a .357 revolver to his chin after she threatened divorce.