Duane (Keffe D) Davis facing life in prison for orchestrating murder of rapper Tupac Shakur

Duane Keffe D Davis, 63, has been convicted of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon in connection with the 1996 shooting of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. The Nevada jury deliberated for less than three hours after hearing testimony from 24 prosecution witnesses and three defense witnesses over nine days. Davis faces a potential life sentence when he is sentenced on October 13.

Prosecutors argued that Davis orchestrated the retaliatory attack and supplied the gun after Shakur and others beat Davis' nephew, Orlando Baby Lane Anderson, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas earlier that night. Davis maintains his innocence and plans to appeal the verdict. The case had remained unresolved for decades and garnered significant attention from the hip-hop community.

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