Former gang leader charged with killing Tupac gets new lawyer

Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the 1996 slaying of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

A former Los Angeles-area gang leader jailed in Las Vegas over the 1996 killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur has hired a private lawyer who pointed to what he expects will be a historic murder trial.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis dismissed court-appointed lawyers and hired veteran criminal defence lawyer Carl Arnold, who said in a statement that his office is “honoured by the opportunity to represent Mr Duane Davis in what will be one of the most historic trials of the century”.