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To: re_nortex

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


12 posted on 05/12/2015 10:45:09 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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To: Ready4Freddy
"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.

15 posted on 05/12/2015 10:52:31 PM PDT by boop (Hey, stoop, that's got gears. It ain't no Ford.)
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