Thirty years after Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Las Vegas, the man convicted of orchestrating his murder has learned his punishment.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Tuesday, following his August conviction for first-degree murder.
The courtroom heard from Shakur’s grieving family, including his sister Sekyiwa, who has lived with the loss of her brother since 1996.
“I do believe that when you take a life like that, you deserve every minute, every minute of the maximum amount of punishment, time to sit down and contemplate what you’ve done to this world, not just to me,” she said.
Judge Carli Kierny also addressed the decades Keffe D had spent without facing punishment.
“At this time, you are going to face justice for what you did,” she told him.
Shakur was shot on Sept. 7, 1996, while riding in a vehicle near the Las Vegas Strip. Pac died six days later at age 25.
Keffe D, a former Los Angeles gang leader, was arrested in September 2023. Prosecutors alleged he directed the attack, despite not firing the weapon himself.
His very public and detailed recollections of the shooting, including statements made in his memoir, helped investigators build their case.
Keffe D pleaded not guilty, and his attorneys argued that insufficient evidence connected him to the crime. He intends to appeal the sentence.
