>> reporter: carla porter is going to prison for the rest of her life. a baltimore county judge sentenced carla porter to life in prison plus 40 years without the possibility of parol for plotting to kill her husband ray. today his family reacted. >> i think she got what she deserved. >> reporter: porter claims she

a baltimore county judge sentenced carla porter to life in prison plus 40 years without the possibilityf parol for plotting to kill her husband ray. today his family reacted. >> i think she got what she deserved. >> reporter: porter claims she acted in self-defense after years of abuse at the hands of her husband. >> there was no abuse. this is based on other factors. it was based on greed and money. >> reporter: prosecutors agree that porter enlisted the help of several people including family members to hire trigger man walter bi bishop who fired the fatal shots inside the service station the two owned. >> what happened karla? >> he was just being really mean in the past couple of days. >> we're disappointed on the sentence received for karla porter. we're upset that an instruction was not given that would allow the jury to determine whether or not there was spousal abuse. >> the evidence with the trial was very clear. every story that she told about these acts of alleged abuse we completely disproved. >> reporter: hitman walter walter bishop is serving life in prison. >>> healthcare.