As trial begins, O.C. prosecutors will try to prove Blaze Bernstein's killing was a hate crime

Bernstein was Jewish and gay, while Samuel Woodward, according to one of his attorneys, was conflicted about his sexuality.

Blaze Bernstein had been missing a week when investigators found his body buried under a thin layer of mud at Borrego Park in Lake Forest in January 2018, with 19 stab wounds to his neck. A 19-year-old student at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the managing editor of Penn Appetit, a student-run food magazine, he had come home to spend the holidays with his family in Orange County.

” Menninger, the judge, said the trial involves “great issues of public interest,” including “murder, sexual orientation, gender and religion.” She said she would allow cameras on a limited basis, in part because transparency would serve the safety of the courthouse. 'I need to be sure people trust us,” Menninger said. “I need them to see that we are not hiding the ball.

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