After more than 25 years, an arrest has been made in the killing of the rapper Tupac Shakur, as AP news reports here. “Pac” died in a drive-by shooting in 1996 in Las Vegas at the age of 25. The suspect is charged in Nevada state court with murder by deadly weapon. Police allege that the man supplied the gun and otherwise assisted in the homicide. The defendant is the last living suspect in the case and has apparently publicly acknowledged his presence at the crime scene and involvement over the years. According to this piece from Time, the arrest is linked to the investigation of another infamous unsolved killing, the murder of Christopher Wallace, a/k/a “the Notorious B.I.G.” He was killed in Los Angeles at age 24 around six months after Tupac. The impact of both men’s short-lived careers on hip-hop can hardly be overstated. Still no word on who shot Biggie Smalls. Read on for more criminal law news. New U.S Supreme Court Term. Next Monday marks the start of a new term of the U.S. Supreme Court. You can get a comprehensive preview of the upcoming cases here and here. As far as the Court’s criminal cases this term, U.S. v. Rahimi asks whether the federal ban on possession of firearms by a person under a domestic violence protective order violates the Second Amendment. The ruling may have implications for similar restrictions on gun possession (as Jeff has discussed a few times). You can read the pleadings in [...]
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