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The attorney stopped short of describing exactly what he believed happened the night of the 2018 killing in the Foothill Ranch area of Lake Forest
Defense attorney denies Sam Woodward was motivated by hate when he killed Blaze Bernstein in 2018; points to internal struggle with sexuality, conservative upbringing and neo-Nazi brainwashing.
Six years after a missing persons search ended with the discovery of Bernstein's body, Woodward's murder trial has begun.
Samuel Woodward, a 26-year-old man who was tied to a white supremacist organization, is accused of fatally stabbed a former classmate near his home.
The defendant's attorney admitted his client carried out the killing, but denied it was the result of neo-Nazi beliefs or hatred of gay men, saying the defendant struggled with long-undiagnosed autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder and conflicted sexuality.