Witness Turns Hostile in Tupac Murder Trial as Prosecutor Argues 'Act of Revenge'

Nearly three decades after Tupac Shakur was shot dead on a Las Vegas street, the courtroom attempting to assign legal accountability for that loss has encountered one of the oldest obstacles in the pursuit of justice: a witness who refuses to speak. On the second day of testimony against the man accused of orchestrating the 1996 murder, a witness connected to Death Row Records declared openly that he would not help send the defendant to prison — a moment that illuminates how codes of loyalty and silence can outlast even the longest arc of a criminal investigation. The trial is not only a recko