James Porter

Age: 33

Summary: Texas condemned murderer who used a smuggled rock wrapped in a pillowcase to fatally beat to death of convicted child molester 40-year-old Rudy Delgado at a Texarkana prison, where he was already serving a 45-year term for the 1995 shooting death of a transient, but who dropped his appeals and ordered that nothing be done to stop the first execution of the year in Texas.

Cause of Death: Executed by lethal injection

Born: August 15, 1971

Died: January 4, 2005

Location: Huntsville, Texas