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Jurors See Autopsy Photos as Prosecutors Push Davis Guilty

8/19/2026

Summary

Keffe D Trial

On Aug. 18, 2026, jurors in Duane “Keffe D” Davis’s trial viewed autopsy photos showing three bullet wounds.
Prosecutors say Davis ordered the shooting to avenge his nephew Orlando Anderson’s assault at the MGM Grand and presented surveillance of the clash and Shakur’s entourage leaving the casino.
Davis, 63, has pleaded not guilty while his lawyer called the prosecution’s story “fiction.”

Summary

Prosecutors Call Expert

Prosecutors will call an expert on false confessions to show how interrogation can distort memory over decades.
The defense tried to exclude Davis’s 2019 memoir “Compton Street Legend,” calling it profit-driven fiction.
The prosecution’s list names over 200 witnesses, including Death Row co-founder Suge Knight, who refuses to testify.
The jury includes six men and ten women, many of whom were children or not yet born during the September 7, 1996 shooting.

History

Historical Context

The 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial, an eight-month, nationally televised case that ended with a not-guilty verdict on October 3, 1995 and was watched by about 100 million people, highlighted how DNA evidence, media saturation and accusations of LAPD racial bias could sway juries. That precedent informs today’s Duane “Keffe D” Davis murder trial, which again pits graphic forensic images against concerns about impartiality.

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Keffe D Trial

On Aug. 18, 2026, jurors in Duane “Keffe D” Davis’s trial viewed autopsy photos showing three bullet wounds.
Prosecutors say Davis ordered the shooting to avenge his nephew Orlando Anderson’s assault at the MGM Grand and presented surveillance of the clash and Shakur’s entourage leaving the casino.
Davis, 63, has pleaded not guilty while his lawyer called the prosecution’s story “fiction.”

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