Kinda don't care for either side.
I completely oppose the death penalty, but if you're getting executed seems to me that details are just details. He's had 20 years to make his peace with God, whether someone is standing next to him or not doesn't really seem like much of a thing to talk about like a civil rights violation. I mean, they taking your life, if any civil right is being violated it'd be that one.
That said, they're a$$holes for not just allowing the imam in. How does it hurt them at all? Some people excuse the most irrational shyt for the sake of "policies".