# Sakae Menda

> Sakae Menda  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.

*Japanese activist (1925-2020)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/sakae-menda

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1925-11-04
- **Died:** 2020-12-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 6.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Menda Sakae](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menda_Sakae)
- [Sakae Menda](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakae_Menda)
- [Sakae Menda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakae_Menda)
- [ساکای مندا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7)
- [Sakae Menda](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakae_Menda)
- [Sakae Menda](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakae_Menda)
- [免田栄](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%8D%E7%94%B0%E6%A0%84)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1399231)

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