May 8, 1998: Jeen Han Sentenced

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🗓️ 8 May 2022

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Judge Eileen C. Moore declared that 24-year-old Jeen Han was a danger to society and a threat to her own family. Han was sentenced to 26 years in prison for conspiring to murder her twin sister, Sunny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Sunday, May 8th, 2022.
0:05.0	On this day in 1998, Jean Hahn was given 26 years to life in prison for conspiring to kill her identical twin sister.
0:13.0	Welcome to her sister.
0:28.5	Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.
0:32.6	Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, listener discretion is advised.
0:35.4	This episode includes discussion of violence.
0:38.7	Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.
0:42.3	Today, we're covering Jean Hahn's sentencing. After plotting to kill her identical twin sister in November of 1996,
0:48.4	Jean was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
0:52.8	Now, let's go back to May 8, 1998, to Orange County, California.
1:02.0	The courthouse fell silent when 24-year-old Jean Hahn took the stand.
1:07.0	She apologized to both the Korean-American community and her twin sister, Sunny.
1:12.6	She insisted she never intended to kill anyone.
1:16.6	Judge Eileen C. Moore disagreed.
1:19.6	In November 1996, Sonny had been bound and gagged in her Irvine apartment,
1:25.6	along with her roommate, Helen Kim. During her
1:29.1	trial, prosecutors laid out the case that Jean had recruited help and methodically planned to
1:34.8	murder her sister. Jean's co-conspirators, 18-year-old Archie Bryant, and 16-year-old
1:41.9	John Sayerath also received jail time.
1:45.0	John got eight years while Archie was given 16.
1:49.0	But Judge Moore saved the harshest sentence for Jean.
1:54.0	She declared that Jean was a danger to society.
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