On an October evening in 2015, Zella Ziona, a 21-year-old transgender woman, was fatally shot in an alley behind a shopping center in Montgomery Village, Maryland. The brazen act, which authorities would later describe as an 'execution,' cut short a young life and began a years-long journey for justice. Ziona, who had been known as Deandre Smith before her transition, had a vibrant spirit and an infectious smile, according to her family. On the day of her death, she had planned to lay flowers on
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