Tupac Shakur's killer gets life sentence

A Las Vegas court sentenced 63-year-old Dwayne "Kiffy Dee" Davis to life with parole after 40 years for the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996.

For three years, I’ve been hearing different versions of the same thing from you: ‘Yes, I was involved. But now I'm a different person. I left the past behind. I got out of Compton. I am now a grandfather, Judge Carly Kearney said in a statement. She stressed that no one has the right to take a person’s life, “and then just leave as if nothing happened.”.

Davis, the former leader of the Southside Compton Crips gang, was convicted in August of first-degree murder for orchestrating the murder of Shakur He remains the only person ever charged in the case. In sentencing, Judge Carly Kearney gave Davis 731 days already served in custody.

According to the prosecution, Davis, being a high-ranking member of the gang, organized a shooting in retaliation for a fight between Shakur’s entourage and his nephew Orlando Anderson at the MGM Grand Hotel. Shakur was shot later that night while driving in a car with Marion "Suge" Knight, and died six days later.