Lawyer who defended Tupac's killer dies in Las Vegas

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7 Nov 2026 • 7:51 PM MYT
The Independent
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Lawyer who defended Tupac's killer dies in Las Vegas

  • Michael Sanft, the 55-year-old defense attorney for Duane "Keffe D" Davis, was found dead inside his Las Vegas home on Friday morning.
  • Police reported that Sanft's death does not currently appear suspicious, though an official cause of death has not yet been released.
  • The attorney was found dead just days after he filed an appeal challenging his client's murder conviction.
  • Davis was sentenced to 40 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder for his role in the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur.
  • Davis remains the only person ever charged in connection with Shakur's death, which went unsolved for decades.

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