Keefe D Granted Bail

Last year 60-year-old West Coast gangster Keefe D was arrested for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur [click here if you missed that]. 

Keefe has been granted bail...

From The Sun

THE self-confessed gangster and drug dealer charged with the murder of Tupac Shakur has been granted bail ahead of his trial for the rapper's death - if he can pay it.

A judge set ex-Compton Crip gang leader Duane "Keefe D" Davis' bail at $750,000 at a hearing at Las Vegas District Court on Tuesday.

Keefe D, 60, had been in protective custody at Clark County Detention Center since being arrested in September.

Judge Carli Kierney listened to arguments from Keefe D’s legal team and Las Vegas Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGacomo before making the decision.

Kierney argued Keefe D maintains a reputation as a "brutal leader of a gang."

The judge admitted that key factors, specifically Keefe's comments about killing Tupac, were relevant.

"There are lots of people still scared of him," Judge Kierney said.

She set bail at $750,000, and if Keefe D posts it, he will be released on house arrest.

Keefe D's public defender, Robert Arroyo, stressed it is unclear whether his client will be able to make bail.

"We are hopeful," Arroyo told reporters after the hearing.

Keefe D has since denied being the shot caller behind the assassination of Tupac in September 1996, despite making confessions in a memoir and several media interviews.

The former Crip leader has been behind bars since his arrest in September, but his public defender lawyers argued that he should be able to fight the case from his home in Henderson, Nevada, about 20 minutes southeast of Las Vegas.

Prosecutors were adamant Keefe D remain in custody over major concerns he could tamper with witnesses.

DiGacomo stated that Keefe D was the "architect" of Tupac's killing, pointing to him boasting in TV interviews and his 2019 tell-all book about his involvement in the rapper's murder.

Prosecutors added that they have ample corroboration from witnesses that Keefe D was a gang kingpin in 1996.

Judge Kierney ordered a status hearing for February 20.