US court has deferred a ruling on a request by Duane Davis aka Keefe D who is the main suspect in the murder of hip hop legend Tupac Shakur.
Davis’ legal team lodged a plea for house arrest citing his deteriorating health conditions.
The petition, filed on January 2, 2024, emphasizes that Davis poses no threat and grants assurance of his presence for the trial.
His lawyers have requested that the bail be set within the bounds of $100,000, in consideration of his financial circumstances.
However, the judge has opted to defer the decision for at least one week.
Prosecutors had earlier pushed back on the request by Tupac Shakur’s murder suspect to be released on bail ahead of his trial.
The prosecutors however strongly rejected the suspect’s request, saying it was absurd. They also provided several reasons why he shouldn’t get to walk free until his trial.
In their mitigation, the prosecutors stressed that Davis is a former high-ranking member of the South Side Compton Crips gang and has confessed multiple times to involvement in the Tupac murder over the years.
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