California man sentenced to life for hate crime in the killing of a gay college student
A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole.
California man sentenced to life without parole in Blaze Bernstein hate-crime murder
Samuel Lincoln Woodward was found guilty in July for the death of 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein, whose body was found days after he went missing, stabbed over 28 times and buried in a shallow grave at a Lake Forest Park.
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California man sentenced to life for hate crime in the killing of a gay Penn student in 2018
This was a hate crime," Blaze Bernstein’s mother, Jeanne Pepper, told the court. “Samuel Woodward ended my son’s life because my son was Jewish and gay.”
Orange County man receives life sentence for hate-motivated murder
Samuel Woodward, then 21, was driven by 'pure hate and rage' over his victim's sexual orientation and religious beliefs, the judge says.
Man who killed gay US student sentenced to life
A California man found guilty of murdering a gay, Jewish US university student in a hate crime has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Samuel Woodward, 27, was convicted in July for the 2018 death of Blaze Bernstein,
California man to be sentenced for hate crime killing of Blaze Bernstein in Orange County
Samuel Lincoln Woodward faces life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally stabbing 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein six years ago.
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