@cbsatlanta: BREAKING: A judge in Las Vegas, Nevada sentenced Duane "Keffe D" Davis to 40 years to life in prison on Tuesday for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Judge Carli Kierny said he would receive credit for time already served. Davis, 63, was convicted in August of murder with a deadly weapon for his role in the killing, although prosecutors said the state would dismiss the gang-related portion of his charge. He had pleaded not guilty. Shakur died six days after being shot while stopped at a red light in Las Vegas on Sept. 7, 1996. The mystery surrounding who fired the shots persisted for years until Davis began speaking publicly about his presence inside the white Cadillac investigators knew had pulled up beside Shakur's vehicle. Prosecutors argued Davis had gone "hunting" for Shakur as an act of retaliation against the rapper and Marion "Suge" Knight, co-founder of Death Row Records. Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal said Davis shot Shakur after he and Knight had beaten up Davis' nephew. Davis' attorney, Michael Sanft, argued that no evidence beyond his client's statements placed him in Las Vegas on the night of the shooting, noting that surveillance footage, phone logs and other tangible records were unavailable. Prosecutors said four men were inside the white Cadillac and Davis was the only one still alive by the time of his 2023 arrest. Davis detailed his involvement in the shooting, which also wounded Knight, in his 2019 memoir, "Compton Street Legend." His attorneys fought to exclude the memoir as evidence in his trial, but prosecutors opposed the request. #tupac #2pac #news

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