After nearly 12 years, Claudia Hoerig has been sentenced to prison for the shooting death of her husband. 

During a sentencing hearing on Friday, Trumbull County Court Judge Andrew Logan took up the prosecutors' recommendation that Hoerig is sentenced to life in prison with a possibility of parole in 25 years, followed by a three-year sentence for a specification that she committed the murder with a gun.

Fifty-four-year-old Claudia Hoerig was convicted of aggravated murder by a jury late last month after a trial that lasted eight days. 

Also, Hoerig will be mandated to probation after obtaining parole.

Hoerig will be given credit for the 1,024 days she has spent behind bars, including 368 days in Trumbull County Jail, as well as 338 days spent in jail in Brazil.

Following her sentence, Hoerig's attorneys said she does indeed plan to appeal the conviction. 

Due to agreements stemming from Hoerig's extradition from Brazil, she could not be sentenced to death or unalterable term of life imprisonment and will serve no more than 30 years imprisonment, including by seeking a sentence that makes her eligible for parole in 30 years or less. 

The Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office said that it believes, "It has and will take "all reasonably available steps to satisfy the assurance(s)" in this matter including writing a letter to the Ohio Parole Board supporting the Defendant's release upon serving 30 years in prison."

In a handwritten memo filed Thursday by Hoerig, she said she would not address the court during the sentencing. 

Hoerig's latest court filing is titled as a “Motion to dismiss due to prosecutorial fraud.” But there is no mention of the prosecutor in the document's nine pages.

Instead, Hoerig addresses the press, saying, “Due to the countless misquotations that I've suffered by the Media and by the transcriptions done in my court file, I will refrain from addressing the court on Friday.”

Attorneys spoke for Hoerig, expressing their condolences for Karl Hoerig's family. 

Hoerig's attorney says she will prepare a written statement that will be released to the media and Karl's family later. 

Defense attorneys asked the Hoerig be given the lower sentence, saying that the offense was not more severe to similar crimes. They also cited Hoerig's mental status at the time of the murder. 

Victim statements were presented to the court by Paul Hoerig, Karl's younger brother. 

Paul Hoerig said that knowing that Claudia fled to Brazil was "heartbreaking" and "reveals her true character." 

Paul spoke to the efforts that his family went through for ten years and ten months, often missing work and meetings, to attempt to bring Claudia back to the United States.

Also, Paul Hoerig said he wanted the court to consider that Claudia Hoerig had perjured herself in an attempt to smear Karl Hoerig's name, as well as other members of the family. 

Eva Hoerig Snowden, Karl's daughter, followed, saying she has spent the last twelve years thinking about what she would say at Claudia's sentencing. 

"I want to list every moment that it hurt me that Dad is gone. I want to talk about my children that he never met," said Snowden. 

Snowden said that she would not stand up in front of the court and tear apart the lies Claudia Hoerig told about her father, because Karl Hoerig would not have done that, and would not have been happy if she did it. 

Megan Murphy, reading on behalf of Karl's parents, Ed and Fran Hoerig, came next saying Karl would have done anything for his family "including dying for them." 

"The Christmas seasons are now hard to deal with, as all holidays are. Karl loved to celebrate with our family," their letter reads. Claudia took Karl's life. We have lived with this reality for nearly twelve years, and the thought that we should have done more to protect him- we deal with that pain every day. When we told Karl we feared for his life he said 'don't worry, I got this.'"

"God helps the next person she perceives as doing her wrong," reads one line of their letter. 

Another letter, from Kim and Steve Hoerig, Karl's brother and sister-in-law, read "Claudia thinks she's the smartest person in the room. Not this room. No one believes her lies." 

They continued, saying that maybe honoring a deal with Brazil, including the agreement that Claudia spend no more than 30 years in prison, may hopefully bring about new, better extradition treaties with Brazil. 

Judge Logan said she was convicted of the most "heinous act". 

"From the beginning, your actions spoke volumes. You never denied killing Karl Hoerig,' said Judge Logan. 

"He continued saying that Claudia never showed remorse, and "in fact, the only time you showed emotion was in speaking about your father." 

Judge Logan said that although Claudia Hoerig had no prior criminal history, she had "clearly" committed the murder with prior calculation and premeditation. 

"Closure is a word often used, but perhaps never truly attained in these instances," said Judge Logan.