图帕克案辩护律师 Michael Sanft 在 Las Vegas 家中去世 年仅55岁
内华达州克拉克县 Las Vegas 消息：Las Vegas 律师 Michael Sanft 11月6日上午被发现死于家中，年仅55岁。据《拉斯维加斯评论报》报道，Sanft 的朋友 Michael Sloan 证实了这一消息，警方表示其死亡目前看似并无可疑之处，死因与死亡方式仍待验尸官公布。
Sanft 曾担任 Duane “Keffe D” Davis 的辩护律师。Davis 现年63岁，因1996年枪杀说唱歌手图帕克·夏库尔（Tupac Shakur）被判一级谋杀罪，10月13日被判处40年至终身监禁。Sanft 于10月30日就该定罪提交上诉通知，距其去世仅一周。Davis 案的一名检察官11月6日公开称赞 Sanft，尽管两人在庭审中立场对立。
图帕克·夏库尔1996年在 Las Vegas 遭枪击身亡，Davis 案是该案多年后首次定罪。Sanft 的去世正值该案上诉程序刚刚启动之际，后续代理安排尚待公布。
Michael Sanft, Defense Lawyer in Tupac Murder Case, Found Dead at His Las Vegas Home at 55
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Las Vegas attorney Michael Sanft was found dead at his home on the morning of November 6. He was 55. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sanft's friend Michael Sloan confirmed the news; police said the death does not appear suspicious at this time, with the cause and manner of death pending the coroner's findings.
Sanft had served as defense counsel for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, who was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1996 shooting death of rapper Tupac Shakur and was sentenced on October 13 to 40 years to life in prison. Sanft filed a notice of appeal of the conviction on October 30, just a week before his death. A prosecutor in the Davis case publicly praised Sanft on November 6 despite the two having been on opposing sides at trial.
Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas in 1996, and the Davis case brought the first conviction in the case decades later. Sanft's death comes just as the appeal process has begun; arrangements for successor counsel have yet to be announced.
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