Sakae Menda | |
|---|---|
 Menda in 2007 | |
| Born | November 4, 1925 |
| Died | December 5, 2020 (aged 95) Ōmuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Activist |
| Notable work | Gokuchu noto |
| Movement | Anti-death penalty
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| Verdict | Not guilty of all charges in 1983 retrial |
| Status | Exonerated (1983) |
| Conviction(s) | Aggravated murder (2 counts), robbery (1949; overturned) |
| Criminal penalty | Death (overturned) |
| Spouse | Tamae Menda |
Sakae Menda (免田栄, Menda Sakae, November 4, 1925 – December 5, 2020) was a Japanese man who was wrongfully convicted of a double-homicide and sentenced to death in 1949, but was later exonerated by retrial in 1983. This was the first time anyone was ever released from death row by retrial in Japan. He was a leading figure in Japan for the movement to abolish the death penalty.[1]
- ^ McNeill, David; Mason, C. M. (August 4, 2007). "One who has lived to tell the tale". The Japan Times.
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