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    California: Jurors consider fate of Samuel Woodward, who fatally stabbed a gay man in alleged hate crime

    LOS ANGELES — When Samuel Woodward decided to kill a gay high school classmate in January 2018, according to a prosecutor, he chose a weapon with symbolic significance: a knife with his father's name etched on it. During his murder trial in Orange County Superior Court, both sides portrayed the 26-year-old Woodward as a young man who struggled with his sexuality growing up in a conservative ...
    by Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times Jul 03, 2024 3 minutes
    Samuel Woodward testifies in Orange County Superior Court on Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Santa Ana, California.

    LOS ANGELES — When Samuel Woodward decided to kill a gay high school classmate in January 2018, according to a prosecutor, he chose a weapon with symbolic significance: a knife with his father's name etched on it.

    During his murder trial in Orange County Superior Court, both sides portrayed the 26-year-old Woodward as a young man who struggled with his sexuality growing up in a conservative Newport Beach family, with a particularly disapproving father.

    "Who better to prove to that you're not gay than this homophobic father?" Deputy Dist. Atty. Jennifer

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