Pubdate: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 Source: Ogdensburg Journal/Advance News (NY) Copyright: 2003 Johnson Newspaper Corp. Address: P.O. box 409 Ogdensburg NY 13669 Website: http://www.ogd.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/689 Author: Associated Press Note: Accepts LTEs by mail only! Must be signed w/phone# Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/ashcroft.htm (Ashcroft, John) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/emile+dixon DEATH PENALTY NEW YORK - A drug dealer was convicted of murder Tuesday in a rare death penalty case ordered by U. S. Attorney General John Ashcroft against the advice of local prosecutors. A federal jury in Brooklyn deliberated two days before finding Emile Dixon guilty of murder and drug conspiracy. At a second phase of the trial, set to begin Tuesday, the same jury will decide whether Dixon should be executed or spend the rest of his life behind bars. the death case is only the third in three decades in Brooklyn's federal district. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin