shepherd to kill sonnier. it's a claim dixon's lawyers investigatevigorously deny. >> mike dixon never wanted that to happen. >> reporter: days afterwards shepherd confesses. >> i check his pulse in his neck. he's dead. >> reporter: implicating his buddy. >> he wanted him hurt andhen it gradually developed into hahaving him killed. >> reporter: shepard saying dixon paid h him three bars of silver and a box of cubans for the hit. the monk of his funal dixon arrested charged with capital shetina sasays she'll never forget that phonecall. >> my knees literally collapsed and i just kin of sank to the floor. and i cried and i screamed. >> reporter: last november dixon is found guilty on two counts of capital l murder. his attorneys still maintain his innocence. but shetina says this case provides an important lesson. >> there are real sociopaths and psychopaths that walk amongst us. >> reporter: now dixon's lawyers and his son tl us that shepard acted alone. their client never ordered the hit. s lawyers are appeali