DAMIAN STEWART - 6 months (2008) - Kansas City MO

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City man has been found guilty of killing a 6-month-old boy that he was babysitting.A
Jackson County jury on Thursday convicted 27-year-old Ralph L. Willis
of second-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and child
abuse.Prosecutors say Willis was babysitting Damian Stewart on Sept. 19, 2008, when he dropped the child and hit him twice.Kansas City police say Willis told detectives he struck the child because he wouldn't stop crying.But his defense attorney contended that Willis admitted hitting the child only after relentless questioning from detectives.