I have no idea how many "minutes" the governor of Texas gave to reviewing each execution, but I do not believe everything I "read"- was the author of what you read there with a stopwatch? Somehow, I doubt it. I would imagine it depended upon the facts with which he was presented how long he took to review each case. However, he strikes me as a conscientious person who takes his job seriously and felt he had sufficient evidence that the law was followed and the information he was given did not justify him overriding the court. Vetos are rare, too, by any executive branch. Texas governors are very limited in what they can do by law. Our state constitutuion deliberately limits their power, so much so that there has often been discussion of scrappiing it and writing a new one. It was written at a time in the state's history when there was a lot of suspicion of government and the executive branch and the sentiment was for limiting power. Therefore, Texas has what is called a "weak governorship."
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