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A16 itjL Mi wy IW SM a jiw Mypwffgff 'rrs Ah kV 4i0OIw7rAi Dealer Guilty Of Killing1 2 Jury to weigh death sentence APPhoM Smiles All Around Carl right and Clarence Aguirre 20-month-old conjoined twins in a photo released yesterday by Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx For the second time surgeons removed a tissue expander Monday from beneath the scalp of foe twins Nets Suitor to Announce Plans for Complex If the jury decides against death Dixon would have to serve a life term in prison without chance of parole Members of family made no secret of their preference fin capital punishment just want him off the face of the earth I wish he Dixon would bum in said Angela Thompson sister of the victim after the verdict brother didn't deserve she said of the killing The jury verdict reached after three days of deliberation came after a monthlong trial that began at Nov 5 Prosecutors called a number of cooperating witnesses including a man who testified that Dixon made incriminating statements while in jail Defense attorneys Ephmim Savitt and Richard Ware Levitt called as a witness a woman who testified that Dixon had visited Twrnther home nrrnind the time Thompson was killed But her account was dam aged on cross-examination by prosecutor Jack Smith am Savitt said after the verdict am also saddened because a life is literally on the Savitt said the defense team had not decided whether to introduce evidence from a mental health expert to try to deter the jury from imposing a death sentence In two previous Brooklyn federal death-penalty trials the separate convictions of hit man Thomas Pit-era and Queens gasoline mogul Gur-meet Dhinsa the juries imposed life sentences After the verdict Dixon was the only person who remained seated as the jury left the courtroom Previously he always stood when the panel entered or left the room By Anthony DeStefano STAFF WTO A murderous Brooklyn drug dealer will face possible execution after a federal jury convicted him yesterday of killing two men including a witness to an attempted homicide amaican-bom Emile Dixon 32 sat back in his chair and showed little emotion as the verdict of a Brooklyn federal court jury was read In addition to murder he was convicted of racketeering drug trafficking and other crimes in a 12-count indictment Attorney General John Ashcroft had ordered prosecutors to seek the death penalty in the case even though some local federal officials reportedly thought there were problems with a account The jury found that Dixon a member of the gang carried out the killing ofRob-ert Thompson in June Emils Dixon 2000 as Thompson drove his Ford Winds tar minivan an landen Boulevard in Brooklyn He also was found guilty of the October 1992 murder of Alphonso Gooden and of racketeering in connection with the distribution of cocaine Federal prosecutors decided to seek the death penalty for the Thompson murder because he was slated to be a witness in a state attempted-murder prosecution in which a friend of was a defendant The Gooden killing was narcotics-related prosecutors said After the verdict US District Court Judge Raymond Dearie immediately set Tuesday as the day to begin the penalty phase of the case At that time prosecutors and defense attorneys will present evidence to the same jury for or against imposition of a death sentence ber of ife: If Ratner one of three bidders for the Nets is successful in awwiring the team which now plays at the Mead-owlands in New Jersey If 22 of the 29 owners approve the sale If Ratner overcomes community opposition to the plan And if he comes up with the necessary financial backing The site was once sought by Walter as the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers Not happy with Ebbets Field said he was willing to pay for a new ballpark but needed city help obtaining the land When his plan was shot down moved his team Ratner who has bid (275 million for the Nets has already built substantial developments adjacent to the proposed complex including shops stores and offices Ratner head of Forest City Ratner Companies also was the developer of the 16-acre MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn The other suitors have said they would keep the team in New Jersey Islanders owner Charles Wang last week withdrew his offer for the team By Pete Bowles staff warm The master plan for a potential Brooklyn arena for the Nets will be unveiled today based on a site that once was envisioned as a home for the baseball team the borough lost 45 years ago Developer Bruce Ratner and renowned architect Frank Gehry will show off the proposed design for the mixed-use Brooklyn Arena and Brooklyn Atlantic Yards at a news conference at Brooklyn Borough Hall Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz are scheduled to attend The complex which would house the first nuuar-league sports franchise in the borough since the Dodgers left in 1958 is said to include a 20000-seat $500-million arena more than 5000 apartments and more than 2 million square feet of office space above the Long Island Rail Road yards at Flat-bush and Atlantic avenues The proposal is dependent on a num Buses to Bid Farewell to the fenerable Token Transit official says icon of days past Tias outlived its By Joshua Robin STAFF 1 NEWSOAV WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10 2003 Still there is some good news for those with token nostalgia: The coins still are accepted for trips on the Roosevelt Island tram Tt is part of the flavor of the said Sari Dickson special assistant at the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp which runs 120 trips on weekdays and 100 on weekdays The agency recently bought 7000 tokens The halcyon days might not last Dickson said the corporation is looking to bring the MetroCard to Roosevelt Island In the meantime she said Wto tab i April 13 and then ceased accepting them for subway rides May 4 the same day the base fere rose from (150 to (2 But the agency still allowed bus riders to drop tokens in a fare box along with 50 cents to bring the fere to (2 Until now NYC Transit instead is promoting the MetroCard reminding riders of the steep savings that come with unlimited and discounted cards Riders clearly get the hint almost 6 million of the transit 71-million daily riders now use discounted MetroCards fr 'i Transit officials have a message tor bus riders clinging to their last tokens: time to let go After Dec 31 buses no longer will accept the familiar fere-box currency effectively ending a 50-year span spent jiggling in the pockets of subway and bus riders The token outlived its NYC Transit president Lawrence Reuter said in a statement yesterday NYC Transit stopped selling tokens finwilwj ri)( rime iliiw Buses will not nesapt tokens after Dae 31 i i a a i i.