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Attorney for gang leader says Tupac killing account ‘fiction’

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LAS VEGAS -- The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music star Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas said Tuesday his client's accounts of the killing are fiction and prosecutors lack key evidence to obtain a murder conviction.

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  1. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Defense: Ex-gang leader’s account of Tupac killing is fiction | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    LAS VEGAS >> The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas said Tuesday his client’s accounts of the killing are fiction and prosecutors lack key evidence to obtain a murder conviction.

  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Ex-gang leader's account of Tupac Shakur killing is fiction, defense lawyer in Vegas says (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas said Tuesday his client's accounts of the killing are fiction and prosecutors lack key evidence to obtain a murder conviction.

  3. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Attorney for gang leader says Tupac killing account ‘fiction’ (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    LAS VEGAS -- The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music star Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas said Tuesday his client's accounts of the killing are fiction and prosecutors lack key evidence to obtain a murder conviction.

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