How do you say "procrastination" in Texan?

In the not-so-distant past, when assigned to report on a news story for class, I read an article on the Texas Tribune about an inmate who had been convicted of murdering two people in a shooting spree was sentenced to death based (at least in some part) on his race. Although, only until recently, I had not been following the story. According to the MOST recent story also on the Tribune written by Brandi Grissom about Duane Buck, the inmate in question, this man appears to have had quite the saga play out right before him. The latter of the two stories serves, for the most part, as a documentation of the legal path Buck's trail has taken. After being convicted of the 1995 shooting-spree, when Buck was to be sentenced, Psychologist, Dr. Walter Quijano testified that he believed Duane Buck's race to cause him to be prone to more violent crime. Quijano also testified in the sentencing hearings of six other men also involving their race who were sentenced to death. They were granted retrials, but due to legal issues, Buck was not granted a retrial. The story goes on to say that Buck's legal team has sent a letter to Governor Rick Perry to ask that he grant him a 30-day reprieve. The reprieve, if granted, would be only one of five Perry has ever granted since his career as governor began in 2000. With his Presidential campaign in full-swing, Rick Perry's absence would cause the decision to fall upon the Lieutenant Governor, David Dewhurst. many people from very high places in the legal system of Texas urged there to be a decision made about this matter for weeks now, but on the final day, the supreme court would grant  Buck the 30-day reprieve. Buck was scheduled to be executed at a later time on the exact same day the decision to grant him the stay was made. This is of great interest to me because (as you can guess from the time of my post) I am a fluent speaker of the language of procrastination. It is comical at times when we remember that even the people in the highest of offices are susceptible to the pitfalls of regular human tendencies, such as putting off a deadline  until the very last minute.