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.
Former classmate sentenced to life without parole 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.
California man sentenced to life for hate-crime murder of teenager
Samuel Woodward was convicted in July for the hate-crime murder of a gay teenager, and has now been sentenced to life in prison.
Bernstein parents speak after Samuel Woodward was sentenced to life without parole
A 27-year-old man was sentenced to life without possibility of parole Friday in an Orange County court for the 2018 hate-crime killing of his gay former classmate. Samuel Lincoln Woodward was found guilty in July for the death of 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein,
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 is expected to be sentenced to life in prison.
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.
Orange County man sentenced life without parole for hate crime killing of gay student
A 27-year-old man faces life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday for the hate-crime killing of a gay former classmate in Foothill Ranch six years ago.
Hate-crime killing of gay Jewish college student lands California man in prison for life
A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate was sentenced Friday to life without parole in prison. Samuel Woodward, 27, was sentenced in a Southern California courtroom at the end of an all-day hearing for the murder of Blaze Bernstein nearly seven years ago.
California man to be sentenced for hate-crime killing of Blaze Bernstein
Samuel Lincoln Woodward faces life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally stabbing 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein six years ago.
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 ...
Man With Neo-Nazi Ties Sentenced to Life in Killing of Gay Ex-Classmate
Samuel Woodward, who espoused anti-gay rhetoric and had ties to Atomwaffen, a neo-Nazi group, stabbed his victim 28 times in ...