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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Uwa Ede-Osifo

Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis sentenced to 40 years to life over Tupac Shakur’s murder

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Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis appears in court during his murder trial in Clark county district court in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 20 August. Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the former California gang leader convicted of murder for orchestrating the 1996 fatal shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur, has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison.

“For three years, I’ve heard you say some variation of the same thing … ‘Yeah, I was involved in this. But I’m different. I’ve moved on. I got out of Compton. I’m a grandfather now,’” Judge Carli Kierny said Tuesday as she delivered the sentence.

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