Summary
Samuel Woodward, 27, was sentenced to life without parole for the 2018 murder of Blaze Bernstein, a 19-year-old gay, Jewish college student.
Woodward, affiliated with the neo-Nazi Atomwaffen Division, stabbed Bernstein 28 times after the victim kissed him during a meetup arranged via Snapchat.
Prosecutors deemed it a hate crime, citing evidence like anti-gay and antisemitic writings found in Woodward’s home.
Woodward’s defense argued undiagnosed autism and confusion about his sexuality. An appeal is expected.
Wow. That is a pretty shitty defense.
Yeah throwing everyone with autism under the bus to get acquitted, happy it didn’t work.
I’m surprised his defence wasn’t based on “gay panic”.
Woodward’s defense argued undiagnosed autism and confusion about his sexuality.
“Gay panic” was actually used as a defense.
Nice
He learned that he was going to hell since he loved boys’ I guess.
Woodward’s defence attorney said he was confused about his sexuality, having grown up in a Catholic home where homosexuality was openly criticised.
Pretty sure if it was a Catholic home they’d have hit on murder being a bigger sin than liking men. I seem to remember something about doing on to others
