PROOF MURDER SPOT SHUTS

We've not come across a plea-bargaining nightclub before, but in a bid to put an end to the investigations into the CCC's role in the death of Proof, the club is to close for at least a year.

The CCC had been caught in - ahem - the crossfire as the high-profile murders led local officials to notice it had been staying open later than it was supposed to:

Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy sued the club's owners in Wayne County Circuit Court. She released a statement Thursday saying the settlement had been reached and that it included the club's closing and the fine.

Worthy said state law for a nuisance violation permits only a one-year closing.

"We got everything we could under the law, and we got it very quickly," she told the Detroit Free Press. "We have learned from the untimely death of Keith Bender and Deshaun Holton that these clubs are not only dangerous to the patrons, but present serious quality-of-life issues for the law-abiding citizens that live near them."

There is little worse than having dead rappers in your lawn. It buggers house prices.

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