'Evil twin' who plotted to kill sister may soon be released

A woman in California, who police dubbed the "evil twin" after she plotted to kill her sister, may be released from prison soon.

Jeen Han, from South Korea, has spent the past 19 years at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla after she was convicted in the 1996 attack on her identical twin sister, Sunny Han.

After nearly two decades behind bars, Han may soon be a free woman.

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According to the Los Angeles Times, the state's Board of Parole recommended the now 43-year-old be released.

Under California law, Gov. Jerry Brown will decide whether to uphold the parole or reject it.

The Orange County District Attorney's Office is hoping Brown denies Han parole, the Orange County Register reports, claiming she has not addressed her mental health issues and is still a risk to the public.

Deputy District Attorney Nikki Chambers said in a letter to Brown that Han is manipulative and has received letters from several men offering her money, a job and a place to stay if she's released. One man in England reportedly sent Han $100,000.

"This manipulative ability is not surprising, given her extreme intelligence coupled with an untreated personality disorder," Chambers wrote. "The fact remains that she is still flexing the manipulation muscles that she used when she recruited two young men to murder her sister."

Han was accused of enlisting the help of 16-year-old Archie Bryant and 15-year-old John Sayarath to murder her sister, with whom she had a strained relationship.

The two teens posed as magazine salesmen to gain entry into Sunny's Irvine apartment. When Sunny heard her roommate, Helen Kim, struggling with the men, she called 911.

Bryant and Sayarath bound and gagged the women before police arrived minutes later.

Han and the teens were convicted of conspiracy to commit murder. Han was sentenced to 26 years in prison. Bryant got 16 years and Sayarath was sentenced to eight.