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For her life. they said she had turned her life around during her 18 years on death row and that she was a model inmate. they even produced a video where they essentially begged for her life to be spared. >> we were not able to see our mom today because the boards of pardons and paroles made us make a choice to either come try and save her life today or go see her. so we chose to try and save her life and they still denied us today. so we want you all to know that we are still fighting. >> reporter: that was kelly gissendaner's daughter speaking to demonstrators who had gathered late last nigh...

Now, closed to the public. her three grown children are at the hearing and expected to testify. her lawyers are arguing the person who carried out the murder, her then-boyfriend, he was sentenced with life without parole and they argued she got a harsher sentence. she was convicted of plotting to kill her husband in 1997. since that time, her grown children now say she turned her life around while in prison. she was a model inmate. however, the relatives for her husband, they argue that she deserves to be put to death and that the focus should be on the victim, not on herself. andrea? >> gabe ...

My mom to live. she is all that we have left. >> she took her life experience and what she's been through, what she did and she's helped people. >> she could be the first woman put to death in georgia in 70 years. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest from outside of the prison in jackson, georgia. gabe, what are the parole board's options? >> reporter: good afternoon. we could get a decision from the parole board at any moment. they do have several options, including commuting her sentence to life without parole. they could delay her execution for up to 90 days. or they can deny her request for...

>> reporter: yeah. that's right, thomas. in the past few minutes, the decision from the parole board. literally within the past few minutes. it's voted to let the denial of clemency stand. that means that she will be executed tonight at 7:00 here at the prison. again, the parole board denying appeals by her lawyers and even within the last few hours, by the catholic church as we hengsed earlier in this hour, the archbishop of atlanta wrote a letter on behalf of pope francis to the parole board asking them to commute her sentence saying that they wanted a sentence that would more reflect justic...

Model inmate and still her family is split on this. the relatives of her husband doug they say that she -- it was -- he was targeted by her and that she deserves to pay for what she did and urge the parole board in the to commute the sentence. they have several options. they could have done is delay the execution for up to 90 days, commuted the sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. or they can deny the clemency and what they did and again she is scheduled to be executed here by lethal enjex at 7:00 tonight. >> okay. gabe gutierrez, keeping an eye on all of that, thank y...