He will probably be in solitary for the rest of his miserable life. Two reasons for that: 1) if they did put him in gen pop, some other con might kill him and 2)they would want to keep him isolated from other prisoners of the same faith (if you can call it that) because he could possibly instigate riots, etc. And, I agree, yes, the death penalty would make him a martyr, which we don't need another one. On another note, did anyone see the article about how some prisons are rebuilding their cell blocks so they face east towards Mecca?