Tupac murder convict Keffe D Davis claims innocence in first post-verdict interview

Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, convicted of Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder, has declared his innocence in his first interview since the verdict. The jury found him guilty in under three hours.

Convicted Tupac killer Keffe D Davis speaks out: 'I'm innocent'

Duane "Keffe D" Davis, the man convicted of orchestrating the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, has declared his innocence in his first interview since the verdict, Google News MT reports.

Davis, a former gang member whose own public statements over the years were cited as key evidence against him, was found guilty by a Las Vegas jury in a deliberation that lasted fewer than three hours — a swift conclusion to a case that had remained unsolved for nearly three decades.

The conviction closed one of the most high-profile cold cases in American music history. Shakur was shot during a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas on 7 September 1996 and died six days later. Davis, who was present on the night of the killing, had spoken openly about the events in interviews and a memoir before prosecutors moved to charge him.

Despite the verdict, Davis maintains he was wrongly convicted. His claims of innocence stand in contrast to the mountain of evidence prosecutors presented at trial, including his own prior admissions.

The case of Notorious B.I.G., who was killed in a separate drive-by shooting in Los Angeles in March 1997 and widely believed to be connected to the same East Coast–West Coast rap rivalry, remains unsolved, according to reporting by Yahoo.

Source: Google News MT