Editing Openai/693062f3-58f0-800b-9460-07f52a49ae27 (section)

==== - In February 1995, Judge Fitzgerald sentenced Tupac to 1½ to 4½ years in prison for first-degree sexual abuse.Encyclopedia.com<ref>{{cite web|title=Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/tupac-shakur-trial-1994-95|publisher=encyclopedia.com|access-date=2025-12-04}}</ref> ====
* At sentencing, the judge described it as “an act of brutal violence against a helpless woman.”Encyclopedia.com<ref>{{cite web|title=Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/law-magazines/tupac-shakur-trial-1994-95|publisher=encyclopedia.com|access-date=2025-12-04}}</ref>
* Tupac entered prison in early 1995 and served about 8–11 months (sources vary a bit on exact months).Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-12-04}}</ref>
* In May and September 1995, appellate judges lowered his bail so he could be freed while his appeal was pending; Suge Knight/Death Row posted the $1.4 million bond, and Tupac was released in October 1995.SFGATE<ref>{{cite web|title=SFGATE|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Convicted-Rapper-Freed-Pending-Appeal-3033489.php|publisher=sfgate.com|access-date=2025-12-04}}</ref>

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There is no public record that his conviction was ever overturned. Legal references and biographies still describe him as having a standing conviction for first-degree sexual abuse at the time of his death.Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Shot_Ya|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-12-04}}</ref>