Duane Davis, the former Crips boss convicted of murder in the 1996 slaying of rapper Tupac Shakur, was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison.
Davis, 63, was convicted in August of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon. Judge Carli Kierny sentenced him in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada.
‘The world never forgot about him and his death,’ the judge said of the legendary rapper.
Tupac’s siblings, Sekyiwa ‘Set’ Shakur and Maurice Shakur, gave emotional impact statements during the sentencing, with Sekyiwa calling the night of her brother’s death ‘a night of hunting and murdering.’
‘He was my shining
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