Lawyers say ex-gang leader held in Tupac Shakur killing should be released

Duane “Keffe D” Davis (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, Pool, File)

Lawyers for a former gang leader charged with orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur have said their client – rather than witnesses in the care – is facing danger and should be released from jail to house arrest ahead of his trial.

Ahead of a bail hearing on Tuesday, Duane “Keffe D” Davis’s court-appointed lawyers accused prosecutors of misinterpreting a jail telephone recording and a list of names provided to his family members, and misreporting to the judge that Davis poses a threat to the public if he is released.