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Duane Davis sentenced in Tupac Shakur murder case

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Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, was sentenced by a judge in Las Vegas to 40 years to life in prison for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The reports described the sentence variously as 40 years, life imprisonment after 40 years, and 40 years to life. Davis, described as a former gang member or leader, was found guilty in August of first-degree murder; some reports said he had planned or organized the killing. Shakur was shot in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1996.