[boop]

"There’s not really much the Texas guv can do to ‘speed up the process’, nor to slow it down, ftm."

Exactly. The Texas governor has many powers, but unless with very good reason, cannot overturn a justly decided death penalty.

GWB took a lot of heat over this issue, but it really wasn't in his hands.

Too bad there aren't other states that have weak governors on the death penalty.

[Ready4Freddy]

“but unless with very good reason, cannot overturn a justly decided death penalty”

Iirc the only thing the guv can do is grant (1) 30-day reprieve. Everything else is in the hands of the Texas Board Of Pardons And Paroles.

[Hulka]

“. . .but unless with very good reason, cannot overturn a justly decided death penalty.”

The governor has no power over the death penalty. All he can do is request a one-time 30-day delay of the execution by asking the Board of Pardons and Parole to review the case.

That's it.

The Texas Governor has no power to commute or overturn the sentence.

He can't stop it.

The media, lazy and ignorant as they are, were after Bush over an execution he had no control over. None whatsoever.