Accused U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins met a U.S. military lawyer from South Korea for the second day Friday in Tokyo, government sources said, offering no details on how the talks progressed.
While the government has released little information about the meetings held Thursday and Friday between Jenkins, husband of repatriated Pyongyang abductee Hitomi Soga, and the independent defense lawyer, Capt. James Culp, at a Tokyo hospital, Culp is believed to be discussing whether Jenkins will seek a plea bargain, which could involve dropping or reducing the charges against him.
A Japanese government source said Friday that the only option Jenkins has is to seek a plea bargain and that he is aware of it.