@hollywoodreeltime: Duane "Keffe D" Davis was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison Tuesday after he was convicted of first-degree murder for orchestrating the death of rap legend Tupac Shakur three decades ago in Las Vegas. Judge Carli Kierny said the sentence also includes a 20-year mandatory enhancement for profiting off the murder. Davis is the only person to ever face charges in Shakur's 1996 shooting death. The verdict was reached in August just hours after closing arguments ended and the jury entered deliberations in the roughly two-week trial in a Nevada courtroom. Testimony largely focused on past interviews and other comments about the killing from Davis, a 63-year-old former gang member. The panel of 10 women and six men heard from two dozen witnesses for the prosecution and three for the defense. After the verdict, Judge Carli Kierny ordered Davis to be held without bail while he awaits sentencing. Davis wasn't accused of firing the gunshots that killed Shakur at age 25, but prosecutors have portrayed him as a shot-caller who orchestrated the attack as retribution for a casino lobby brawl earlier on the night of Sept. 7, 1996, that involved Shakur, his entourage and Davis' nephew. Much of the prosecution's case focused on the defendant's own words about the Las Vegas shooting that stunned the hip-hop world. The case remained unsolved for decades before Davis’ public interviews and 2019 memoir helped revive scrutiny of the killing.

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Tuesday 13 October 2026 19:58:42 GMT