Texas does not forbid the execution juvenile offenders...

Texas does not forbid the execution juvenile offenders and metally retarded. Texas does not have life without parole. In June 2001, Governor Rick Perry signed the Texas Fair Defense Act that sets up regulations to ensure timely appointments, minimum standards, and fair methods of appointing defense lawyers. A jury decides the sentence. The Governor needs a favorable recommendation from the Board of Pardons and Paroles in order to be able to grant clemency. The Governor is not obligated to follow the recommendation of the Board. The Governor also has the power to grant a thirty day reprieve.