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Keffe D Davis gets 40 years for Tupac murder plot
The Hindu··3d ago
Duane Keffe D Davis, 63, was sentenced to 40 years to life on Tuesday for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by killing of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. He was found guilty of first-degree murder in August. Shakur was 25 when struck four times and died six days later. Davis told Judge Carli Kierny he would appeal the conviction.
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What It Means For You
- The sentence closes the only prosecution filed in Shakur's killing after decades.
- Nevada law allowed murder charges even though Davis did not fire the gun himself.
- Davis said he would appeal, so the conviction is not yet legally final.
What's Happening
- Sekyiwa Shakur told the court her brother had promised to change the world.
- Davis went public in a memoir and media interviews before his 2023 arrest.
- Prosecutors have not named a suspected gunman; three other men in the car have died.
The 1996 Las Vegas night
- Shakur and Marion Suge Knight were leaving a Mike Tyson fight when shots were fired.
- The clash stemmed from rivalry between Compton Crips and Mob Piru groups.
- Knight survived with a minor injury and later received a 28-year sentence on other charges.
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