So sad.
What is the hold up, per Gov Abbott?
IIRC, Abbott can't pardon directly, he has to get a recommendation from the Bureau of Pardons or something like that, and while I'm not sure if it had any bearing on the process in the intervening months, there has been a bit of a civil war within the Texas GOP.
Perry, who never should have been charged in the first place gets to suffer, and the travis county DA Garza can probably slow walk and obstruct the process as further extrajudicial punishment.