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    Suspect in Tupac Shakur's killing, an admitted Crips 'shot caller,' won't face the death penalty

    by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Nov 02, 2023 5 minutes
    Duane Davis appears in court at the Regional Justice Center, on Oct. 4, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

    Prosecutors won't seek the death penalty against the man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur, they told a Las Vegas judge Thursday as Duane "Keffe D" Davis pleaded not guilty to murder.

    Davis, 60, a self-admitted shot caller of the Compton Southside Crips, appeared in court handcuffed and told the judge he understood the charge he faced. He then entered his plea on his third court appearance since his late September arrest in one of the nation's most infamous celebrity murder cases.

    After Clark County Judge Tierra D. Jones asked prosecutors whether they would seek the death penalty against Davis in the 1996 slaying, a prosecutor said they were not planning to ask a review panel to consider such a move.

    Davis asked the judge to explain what

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