Sakae Menda

Male, Person

1925 –

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Who is Sakae Menda?

Sakae Menda is a Japanese man who was convicted of a double homicide, but was exonerated by retrial in 1983. This was the first time anyone was ever released from death row by retrial in Japan. He is now a leading figure in Japan for the movement to abolish the death penalty.

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Born
Nov 4, 1925
Japan
Religion
  • Christianity
Ethnicity
  • Japanese
Nationality
  • Japan

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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