Ex-gang leader sentenced to minimum 40 years for Tupac murder

It marks the first conviction in one of America's most notorious cold cases. Former gang leader Dwayne Keith D. Davis has been sentenced to at least 40 years in jail for orchestrating the 1996 killing of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur. Before announcing the sentence, the judge addressed the impact of the murder. You don't get to take a man from his family. You don't get to take his very life, his whole future from him, and just walk away from it, especially when that man is Tupac Shakur. The world never forgot about him and his death, and neither did Las Vegas. It took us 30 years, but at this time, you are going to face justice for what you did on September 7, 1996. In his memoir, Davis confessed to providing the gun used in the killing. The question of who pulled the trigger has never been definitively resolved. Prosecutors argued that although he did not fire it himself, Davis was the ringleader of the group that carried out the murder. At the time of his death, Shakur was at the height of his career as one of rap's most prominent voices. He has sold more than 75 million records globally. At the sentencing, his stepbrother gave an emotional testimony. Pac didn't get a chance to have any kids. Pac didn't see his nieces and nephews grow up. And Pac didn't have a child. All Pac got was a death sentence. Davis' defense team, meanwhile, had attempted to persuade jurors that his remarks were exaggeration aimed at selling books. Davis has vowed to appeal his conviction.