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Tupac Shakur murder trial opens after 30 years
Jury selection began Monday in Las Vegas for the trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis, the former South Side Compton Crips leader accused of orchestrating the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.…
The Story in Brief
Jury selection began Monday in Las Vegas for the trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis, the former South Side Compton Crips leader accused of orchestrating the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The trial, expected to last a month, may not determine who fired the fatal shots, but prosecutors say Davis ordered the killing and supplied the gun. Davis, 63, faces life in prison if convicted.
The case was revived after Davis published a 2019 memoir describing his role in the drive-by shooting. He has since pleaded not guilty, saying he was in Los Angeles that night and that his co-writer inflated the account. All others in the car that night are dead.
The Indian Opinion
Thirty years on, the trial risks being framed as a showdown between East Coast and West Coast rap labels, but the actual evidence is thin and rests almost entirely on Davis's own words. He first spoke freely, then retreated. The jury will decide not on forensic proof but on whether his memoir and police interviews are credible. Watch for the defence's attack on the co-author's reliability.
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