California man sentenced to life for hate crime in the killing of a gay college student
Associated Press
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate has been sentenced to life without parole in prison. Samuel Woodward was sentenced Friday for the murder of Blaze Bernstein nearly seven years ago. Woodward was convicted earlier this year of first-degree murder with an enhancement for a hate crime for killing Bernstein, a gay, Jewish college sophomore. Bernstein went missing while he was visiting family in Southern California on winter break. Bernstein’s body was found days later buried in a shallow grave at a park.
