California man pleads not guilty in killing of gay student
Source: Associated Press
Amy Taxin, Associated Press
Updated 1:37 pm CST, Saturday, November 10, 2018
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) A Southern California man pleaded not guilty on Friday to the murder of a gay University of Pennsylvania student in a hate crime.
Samuel Woodward, a 21-year-old from Newport Beach, California, entered the plea during a hearing in Orange County Superior Court.
Bail was previously set at $5 million but Judge Kimberly Menninger ordered Woodward held without bail at prosecutors' request, saying she believed he would be a danger to the community if released.
Woodward is charged in the January stabbing death of 19-year-old college sophomore Blaze Bernstein, who was home visiting his family on winter break.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/education/article/California-man-pleads-not-guilty-in-killing-of-13378538.php
murielm99
(30,724 posts)about this crime tonight.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)sad
Raine
(30,540 posts)heard of the group before, what a nasty bunch.
Raster
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