samantha knecht: it would kill them. yes. samantha knecht: you knew that as a doctor. yes. we had phrased it right, he would rephrase it for us. you need to restate your question and put it into context. i believe that he felt like he was smarter than cameron and i. did you just want to smack him? yes. andrea canning: leon, they argued, didn't care who lived or died in his wake. he did nothing to stop it. in his mind, his ex-girlfriend is sitting by herself in a warehouse somewhere in this city, zip-tied with duct tape around her mouth. he thinks he can just walk away from this. andrea canning: it took the jury all of an hour and 15 minutes to decide leon's fate. we, the jury, find the defendant leon phillip jacob guilty of solicitation of capital murder. andrea canning: guilty of all charges. and in texas, the jury can also decide punishment. in the penalty phase, prosecutors called a new witness, leon's ex-wife annie. she testified in vivid detail that leon was abusive. what did the defendant tell you? that was my punishment for calling the police, was being held on the b