63岁的杜安·戴维斯因涉嫌谋杀说唱传奇人物图帕克·莎库尔而在拉斯维加斯接受审判[1]。戴维斯曾任南侧康普顿克里普斯帮派领导人，检察官指控他下令杀害1996年9月7日在米高梅大赛场附近遇害的莎库尔，并为凶手提供了凶器[1]。若被定罪，戴维斯将面临终身监禁，不可假释[1]。
戴维斯已认罪不成立，声称自己无罪[1]。审判预计持续一个月[1]。检察官的指控基于多项证据，包括戴维斯2019年回忆录中的供述以及2008年警方采访记录[1]。戴维斯于2023年9月被捕[1]。
A trial opened Monday in Las Vegas involving former gang leader Duane Davis, who is accused of ordering the 1996 murder of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur [1]. Davis, 63, a former South Side Compton Crips leader, faces a life sentence without the possibility of parole if convicted [1]. Prosecutors allege that Davis ordered the killing and provided the murder weapon [1]. The trial is expected to last approximately one month [1].
Shakur was 25 years old when he was shot and killed near the MGM Grand casino in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996 [1]. Davis has pleaded not guilty and maintains his innocence, stating "I'm innocent. I ain't killed nobody. Never did ever kill nobody." [1] Key evidence in the case includes admissions Davis made in a 2019 memoir as well as police interview records from 2008 [1]. Davis was arrested in September 2023 [1].