Posted on 10/08/2004 8:07:58 PM PDT by SmithL
Army Sgt. Charles Jenkins is about to get his day in court.
Jenkins, accused of abandoning his South Korea post in 1965 and defecting to communist North Korea, will face a general court-martial at Camp Zama, Japan, beginning Nov. 3, said Maj. John Amberg, a U.S. Army Japan spokesman.
Jenkins, 64, has been charged with desertion, aiding the enemy, soliciting other servicemembers to desert and encouraging disloyalty. Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the maximum penalty if convicted of desertion during wartime is death. Sentences in times of peace range from life in prison at hard labor to a dishonorable discharge.
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