In the quiet community of Ihetutu, in the Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, grief has become a constant, heavy presence. Two young men are dead, killed in circumstances still wrapped in confusion, and the families they left behind are searching for answers that have not yet come. Almost immediately after the shooting, a story began to spread: a soldier was said to have confronted the youths, and somewhere in the current of anger and sorrow, the name Palladium Mining Company surfaced as an accused party. The company, which has operated in the area for years, suddenly found itself…

Terryl Warner spent nearly three decades in Cache County government, working in a field that demands a rare combination of professional skill and deep human empathy. As the longtime director of Cache County Victim Services, she was the person victims turned to after the most terrifying moments of their lives—after assaults, after abuse, after the criminal justice system became a bewildering maze. She was expected to be not only an advocate but also a steady, trustworthy presence in a county where people tend to know one another by name. That is why the news of her prosecution lands with such…