Blaze Bernstein

Jury convicts Blaze Bernstein’s killer of premeditated murder and a hate crime

Louis Keene in Forward · 3 Jul

Samuel Woodward was convicted of premeditated murder and a hate crime for killing Blaze Bernstein, a gay and Jewish college student, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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Killer of slain Jewish college student says victim threatened to out him

Louis Keene in Forward · 21 Jun

Samuel Woodward, on trial for the murder of Jewish college student Blaze Bernstein, testified that he killed Bernstein in a panic after thinking Bernstein was going to out him for being gay.

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In Blaze Bernstein murder trial, mother of accused testifies about his troubled childhood

Louis Keene in Forward · 5 Jun

In the Blaze Bernstein murder trial, the mother of the accused, Samuel Woodward, testified about his troubled childhood, detailing his struggles with fitting in, undiagnosed autism, and family dynamics.

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‘His last name was Bernstein’: Exchange over yarmulke brings antisemitism into focus in murder trial

Louis Keene in Forward · 17 Apr

In the trial of Samuel Woodward for the murder of Blaze Bernstein, the focus on Bernstein's Jewish identity alongside his sexual orientation has brought the issue of antisemitism into question.

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‘I want to find Blaze as much as you do’: Call from Blaze Bernstein’s alleged murderer to distraught parents played at trial

Louis Keene in Forward · 12 Apr

In the trial for the murder of Blaze Bernstein, the alleged murderer, Samuel Woodward, made a chilling phone call to Bernsteins parents claiming he wanted to find Blaze as much as they did.

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Blaze Bernstein’s cryptic final texts revealed in court as Woodward murder trial continues

Louis Keene in Forward · 11 Apr

Blaze Bernstein's final texts before his tragic murder in January 2018 were revealed in court during the trial of Samuel Woodward, accused of the crime.

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Defense admits Blaze Bernstein's ‘unlawful killing’ in first day of long-awaited trial

Louis Keene in Forward · 9 Apr

In the trial for the murder of Blaze Bernstein, accused killer Samuel Woodward admitted to unlawfully killing Bernstein but claimed it was not premeditated.

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Trial set to begin in Blaze Bernstein murder case dominated by questions of antisemitism and homophobia

Louis Keene in Forward · 8 Apr

The upcoming trial in the Blaze Bernstein murder case involves his former high school classmate, Samuel Woodward, who is accused of stabbing Bernstein to death in a park in 2018.

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Five years later, a gay Jewish student’s alleged killer is going to trial

Louis Keene in Forward · 24 Jan 2023

A suspect in the 2018 murder of Blaze Bernstein, a Jewish and gay college student, is finally being tried after being ruled competent to stand trial.

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Blaze Bernstein Murder Suspect Allegedly Targeted Him Because He Was Gay

Forward · 3 Aug 2018

Samuel Woodward, a suspect in the murder of Blaze Bernstein, now faces a hate crime charge for allegedly targeting Bernstein because of his sexual orientation.

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What Is Atomwaffen Division, The Nazi Group Tied To The Murder Of Blaze Bernstein?

Forward · 2 Feb 2018

Atomwaffen Division, the neo-Nazi group to which Samuel Lincoln Woodward, charged with the murder of Jewish student Blaze Bernstein, belonged, stands out as one of the most violently inclined neo-Nazi organizations in the U.S. Founded in 2015 and drawing members from the alt-right movement, AWD advocates for an all-out race war and openly promotes violence against minorities.

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Blaze Bernstein Murder Suspect Belonged To “Atomwaffen”

Forward · 28 Jan 2018

Samuel Woodward, the suspect in the murder of Blaze Bernstein, was a member of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, known for its extremist ideology and goals of overthrowing the U.S. government through violence.

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