I've just had a quick flick thru this thread and may have missed something.
I read that his bloke announced his conversion to Christianity to everyone but no-one took any action. He was so frustrated that he couldn't become a martyr he presented himself at the local police station and did the same. The cops were forced to act.
This dick-head is just a joke. He's getting his 15 minutes of fame.
There's no way he will ever be executed. But he will earn heaps on the speech circuits around the world for years. (yawn)