Samuel Woodward is accused of stabbing Blaze Bernstein to death six years ago. Prosecutors say Woodward's cellphone had lots of anti-gay, antisemitic and hate group materials.
Santa Ana, Calif. — More than six years after University of Pennsylvania student Blaze Bernstein was killed, the Southern California man charged with stabbing him to death in an act of hate is expected to stand trial.Opening statements are scheduled for Tuesday in the murder case against now-26-year-old Samuel Woodward from Newport Beach, California. He has pleaded not guilty. Woodward is charged with stabbing Bernstein to death.
He made journal entries, including one titled 'diary of hate' that described threats he said he had made to gay people online, the brief said. A folding knife with a bloodied blade was found in Woodward's room at his parents' home in the upscale community of Newport Beach, authorities said. Woodward was arrested two days later. Woodward has pleaded not guilty to murder with an enhancement for a hate crime.
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