Almost
three
decades
after
the
murder
of
Tupac
Shakur,
it
seems
like
the
case
was
finally
going
to
be
solved
following
the
arrest
of
Duane
“Keefe
D”
Davis
earlier
this
year.
However,
Davis’s
lawyers
have
filed
a
motion
for
him
to
be
released
on
bail
before
trial,
stating
that
his
claims
of
his
involvement
with
Tupac’s
murder
were
“entertainment”
and
not
factual.
Appearing
before
Clark
County
District
Court
Judge
Carli
Kierny,
Davis’s
lawyers
requested
that
he
be
transferred
to
house
arrest
or
at
least
be
given
“reasonable”
bail,
which
his
legal
representatives
suggest
is
no
more
than
$100,000.
His
legal
team
argues
that
the
60-year-old
suspect’s
health
has
suffered
in
jail
and
that
he
has
not
been
provided
adequate
medical
treatment
following
a
bout
with
colon
cancer
that
they
said
is
in
remission
as
well
as
ongoing
heart
problems.
The
basis
for
their
claim
is
that
the
court’s
decision
to
deny
Davis
bail
was
based
largely
in
an
“astounding
amount
of
hearsay
and
speculative
testimony.”
In
a
statement
to
KTNV,
his
lawyers
stated
that
much
of
the
judgement
“relied
on
excerpts
from
a
book
titled
Compton
Street
Legend,
which
was
allegedly
written
by
Duane
Davis
and
Yusuf
Jah.
The
State
did
not
delineate
which
parts
of
the
book,
if
any,
were
written
by
Duane.” They
also
pointed
out
that
most
of
the
claims
in
the
book
were
not
independently
fact-checked
or
verified,
stating
that
the
book
and
subsequent
interviews
were
done
“for
entertainment
purposes”
only.
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The
judge
granted
the
defense
a
January
2
hearing
date
to
discuss
terms
of
Davis’s
bail
and
possible
release.
Davis
is
the
only
surviving
suspect
of
those
believed
to
be
involved
with
Tupac’s
murder.
If
found
guilty,
he
could
face
up
to
life
in
prison,
but
prosecutors
say
that
they
will
not
seek
the
death
penalty.
Davis
has
entered
an
initial
plea
of
not
guilty.
The
trial
is
expected
to
begin
this
summer.
