A jury in the southern U.S. state of Georgia has convicted 1960s radical H-Rap Brown of killing a sheriff's deputy and wounding another in a March 2000 shootout. 

The jurors deliberated for two days before finding the former Black Panthers member guilty, Saturday. Brown, a Muslim cleric who now goes by the name of Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, could face execution or life-in-prison following the conviction. 

He was found guilty on 13 counts, including murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The surviving sheriff's deputy, Aldranon English testified that Brown opened fire, killing his partner, when they tried to serve Brown with a warrant. Deputy English was wounded. 

Brown's trial had been postponed after the September 11 terrorist attacks because the judge feared anti-Muslim sentiment would prevent him from receiving a fair trial. 

Brown's supporters argue the trial is part of a government conspiracy to destroy the cleric, who served five-years in prison in the 1970s for his role in a robbery that ended in a shootout with New York Police. 

Some information for this report provided by AP.

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