The gangster accused of masterminding the murder of Tupac Shakur will not explain his decision to confess multiple times to the crime at his upcoming trial – as he will not testify.
Keefe D – whose real name is Duane Davis – will refuse to answer questions about his confessed role as the perpetrator of the 1996 murder of rap icon Tupac.
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Keefe, who has recounted in police interviews, documentaries and his own book how he orchestrated the murder and was in the car when his nephew shot Pac, told family members, “I’m not going to say anything more” to law enforcement after he felt he was “prepared” for crime.
The former Compton drug dealer followed his attorney Carl Arnold’s advice to invoke his Fifth Amendment right, which protects plaintiffs from self-incrimination or being forced to testify against oneself during a criminal trial.
This comes after Keefe, 60, made two confessions to police – to the LAPD in 2008 and to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police in 2009 – about how the murder occurred – believing he was immune from prosecution because of a “proposal” agreement. .
However, Keefe, who could face life imprisonment if convicted, he still believes his case is “winnable,” according to his legal team.
Keefe’s lawyer, Arnold, plans to subpoena Tupac’s friend, rap mogul and man who drove alongside him during his death, Suge Knight.
Arnold confirmed to The Sun: “Keefe will not give evidence.”
The respected lawyer insists the burden remains on prosecutors to prove Keefe is guilty of being instrumental in Tupac’s death – beyond a reasonable doubt.
Arnold said: “He feels it’s a winnable case. He always felt this way. He never asked me (to negotiate). We are going to trial.”
He continues to fight to have Tupac’s record label boss and close friend Suge, who drove the car in which the rap icon was shot, join his list of witnesses.
Suge, a childhood friend of Keefe’s during his childhood in Compton, California, told the media he will not testify in the high-profile trial scheduled for November.
Arnold confirmed: “I will be subpoenaing Suge Knight.”
An associate of Keefe’s family told The US Sun that they agreed with the decision not to let him testify – and said the gangster only began making confessions to the crime after seeing LAPD police detective Greg Kading write a book and make money from the case.
The source said: “There is no benefit in allowing Keefe to testify or face any detailed examination by professional lawyers.
“Keefe is a loose cannon when it comes to trash talking. That’s what got him in trouble. Given that he confessed to his role in two police interviews and faced no legal action, you would think he would have shut up.
“But no, he couldn’t stop, but he wanted to gain some fame.
“Being on the stand with a professional lawyer who hangs on your every word, he would likely cause trouble for himself and end up helping the case against him.
“Keefe felt that the interviews he gave to the LAPD and Metro were under the promise that he would never be convicted in these matters. Keefe feels he has been betrayed and deceived by authorities.
“He feels his lawyer has a good chance of convincing the jury and certainly raising reasonable doubts.
“Keefe will have his lawyer argue that his interviews with police officers are protected and should not be used against him or even used at trial.
“And then his next defense strategy will be that he was greedy when it came to the Tupac case. Over the past decade, TV shows and media outlets have asked him to talk about Tupac’s murder and he saw it as a money-making scheme.
‘I DID IT FOR THE MONEY’
“He was never under oath in any of those interviews and after battling cancer he thought ‘fuck it – I’m going to tell some stories’ and make some money.
“He hated seeing that LA cop [Kading]Get lots of spotlight and fame by telling your stories.
“Keefe had the attitude of ‘this son of a bitch shouldn’t be making money off me – I’m going to do it myself – and show him’.”
The source added: “His strategy is a gamble and a bit problematic. He’s saying I made this all up to make money off of Tupac, so don’t believe me… but believe me now when I say this is true.
Given that he [Keefe] confessed to his role in two police interrogations and faced no legal action, you’d think he kept his mouth shut.
Familiar source
“Yet in reality, the prosecution still has to do the hard work of proving that Keefe was the shooter and gathering enough witnesses and paperwork to confirm that he was in Las Vegas that night and played a key role in Tupac’s death.”
Last week, Keefe appeared somber in court in front of the public gallery during a status hearing.
Arnold sat down with Keefe before his hearing in Las Vegas District Court on Tuesday, April 23.
The attorney spoke with a handcuffed Keefe, wearing a dark blue Clark County Detention Center jumpsuit, for a few minutes.
Arnold remains confident that Keefe will be found innocent of the murder charges at the upcoming trial.
He said, “Mr. Davis was not in Las Vegas at the time, there is no murder weapon and they do not have the car used during the shooting as evidence.”
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