Samuel Woodward, who killed and buried Blaze Bernstein in Lake Forest, gets life without parole
Bernstein was Jewish, gay, quick-witted and smart, and with a large circle of friends. The sentencing hearing was held without Woodward appearing in court.
Family of Blaze Bernstein address the media after his killer is sentenced to life in prison
Samuel Woodward, the man responsible for killing his former classmate Blaze Bernstein in an anti-LGBTQ and anti-Jewish hate crime, will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Woodward was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole ...
California man sentenced to life without parole in Blaze Bernstein hate-crime murder
Samuel Lincoln Woodward faces life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally stabbing 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein six years ago.
California man with neo-Nazi ties sentenced to life in killing of gay ex-classmate
Prosecutors said Samuel Woodward killed Blaze Bernstein, 19, after reconnecting with him on a dating app for men seeking men in 2018.
Blaze Bernstein trial: Samuel Woodward sentenced to life
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Samuel Woodward was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his gay former classmate in Foothill Ranch six years ago. Woodward was convicted in July of a hate crime, fatally stabbing 19-year-old Blaze Bernstiein.
Former classmate sentenced to life without parole in murder of gay teen Blaze Bernstein
Blaze Bernstein -- a 19-year-old gay, Jewish student at the University of Pennsylvania -- went missing while visiting his family in Newport Beach during winter break in January 2018. His body was found, following a dayslong search, buried in a park in Lake ...
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.”
Former classmate sentenced to life in prison in murder of gay teen Blaze Bernstein
Samuel Woodward, a California man found guilty of murdering his former classmate in 2018 in a hate crime, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday.
Former classmate sentenced to life for hate crime killing of Blaze Bernstein
A Newport Beach man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the anti-LGBTQ and antisemitic hate crime killing of his former classmate, Blaze Bernstein. “It’s almost seven years that we’ve waited for this day for justice,
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Murderer of former Penn student Blaze Bernstein sentenced to life in prison
Samuel Woodward was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the homicide of his former high school ...
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California man sentenced to life for hate crime in the killing of a gay college student
Samuel Woodward, 27, was sentenced in a Southern California courtroom at the end of an all-day hearing for the murder of ...
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This Neo-Nazi stabbed a gay man 28 times until he died. He’s going away for life.
A California judge sentenced Samuel Lincoln Woodward, 26, of Newport Beach to life in prison without the possibility of ...
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Family of Blaze Bernstein, California teen killed in hate crime attack, stand up for their son: "Blaze's life mattered"
Six years after the murder of Blaze Bernstein, his family came face to face with his killer, Sam Woodward, a former high school classmate. KEN MORRISON (in court): The why is the single most ...
A man stabbed his gay Jewish classmate 28 times and buried him. He’ll spend life in jail for the hate crime
A California man who stabbed his former classmate 28 times and buried him in a park has been jailed for life without parole ...
Man stabbed pal to death so his family wouldn't discover his double-life
A man who stabbed a former schoolmate to death so his family would not find out about his double-life has been jailed for ...
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Orange County man receives life sentence for hate-motivated murder
In July, an Orange County jury convicted Woodward of first-degree murder and found he was motivated by hate when he inflicted ...