An ailing former Los Angeles-area gang leader is asking a Nevada judge to change her mind and release him from jail to house arrest ahead of his trial in the 1996 killing of music legend Tupac Shakur
An ailing and aging former Los Angeles-area gang leader is due to ask a Nevada judge on Tuesday to change her mind and release him from jail to house arrest ahead of his trial in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis‘ attorney, Carl Arnold, said in court filings that since a hearing last month during which the judge denied Davis‘ release over questions about the legality of money he wanted to post as bail, he has submitted financial records proving the source is legal.
Arnold also argued that since Davis has not been convicted of a crime, it doesn’t matter if Davis and Cash “Wack 100” Jones, a hip-hop music figure who says he is underwriting Davis‘ $750,000 bail, plan to profit from selling Davis’ life story.
Nevada law prohibits convicted killers from profiting from their crime.
Neither Arnold nor his spokesperson, Xochitl Underwood, responded to emails seeking comment.
