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Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis gets 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur
Headline from The Columbian
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Duane “Keffe D” Davis was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur who was gunned down off the Las Vegas Strip over 30 years ago.
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Former Los Angeles gang leader Duane "Keffe D" Davis was convicted of orchestrating the murder in August, but was not accused of pulling the trigger on the gun that killed Shakur in Las Vegas.
Duane "Keffe D" Davis faces Oct. 13, 2026, sentencing in Las Vegas and up to life without parole after his Aug. 31 conviction in Tupac Shakur's murder.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Duane “Keffe D” Davis was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur who was gunned down off the Las Vegas Strip over 30 years ago.
Duane "Keffe D" Davis is expected to be sentenced on Tuesday morning for orchestrating the murder of iconic rapper Tupac Shakur. He faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.
By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Duane “Keffe D” Davis was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life for the murder of Tupac Shakur 30 years ago. He has 731 days of credit for time already served toward his sentence.
THIS IS AN APNewsAlert. Check back for updates. AP's earlier story is below. Duane “Keffe D” Davis is set to be sentenced Tuesday for orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur, who was gunned down off the Las Vegas Strip over 30 years ago.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been sentenced to 40 years to life after being found guilty of orchestrating the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. Davis appeared in a Nevada court on Tuesday for his sentencing in the case, with the judge handing him 20 years to life for first-degree murder and 20 years to life…
Duane 'Keffe D' Davis was expected to face a long time behind bars for the conviction, which earned Shakur's family justice after decades had passed following his September 1996 killing in Las Vegas.
‘You don’t get to take a man from his family … and just walk away from it,’ judge says as former gang leader sentenced Tupac trial spotlights decades of US police failures in solving the case Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the former California gang leader convicted of murder for orchestrating the 1996 fata…
The only individual ever actually charged in the 1996 fatal shooting of Tupac Shakur was sentenced today to 40 years to life in prison. Convicted of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon on August 31, Duane “Keff D” Davis was in court in Las Vegas Tuesday to learn his fate from Judge […
