Culture Desk
The Myth of Final Justice in the Tupac Shakur Murder Trial
As jurors deliberate in the Duane Davis case, pop culture confronts the limits of courtroom closure for a 1996 tragedy.
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2 original stories in the magazine.
Crime & culture
The Night the Myth Had to Walk Into a Courtroom
Duane Davis told a jury he had never told anyone the story. Then he walked police, and now the public, through the night Tupac Shakur was killed. Memory just became evidence.