10/13/2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 12, 2026
CONTACT: Global Justice Institute
Website: www.globaljusticeinstitute.org
GLOBAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE CONDEMNS PROPOSED LIVESTREAMED EX*****ON OF NIDAL HASAN AS A DEGRADATION OF HUMAN DIGNITY
NYC — The Global Justice Institute (GJI) expresses profound moral outrage over plans to execute Nidal Hasan and publicly livestream the act. The Institute warns that transforming state-sanctioned violence into a televised spectacle inflicts severe ethical and psychological harm on society, violates fundamental human dignity, and degrades the moral integrity of the justice system.
While recognizing the gravity of the 2009 Fort Hood attack, the Global Justice Institute affirms that true justice cannot be built on state-sanctioned killing or sensationalized media.
"State-sanctioned ex*****on strips human beings of their inherent worth and institutionalizes vengeance as public policy," said Global Justice Institute founder Bishop Pat Bumgardner. "To broadcast a human being's final moments to a global audience transforms an act of state authority (and perhaps an abuse of said authority) into public spectacle, desensitizing society to violence and degrading the public conscience."
The GJI wishes to highlight several critical ethical and societal harms posed by the plan:
-Dehumanization and Voyeurism: Converting an ex*****on into a public broadcast reduces judicial punishment to media theater, fostering a culture that treats human life as disposable.
-Incitement and Extremism: Rather than providing genuine healing to victims or closure to affected communities, broadcasting high-profile ex*****ons risks inciting ideological extremism and glorifying violence for radicalized onlookers.
-Violation of International Human Rights Standards: International human rights bodies have consistently warned that public ex*****ons constitute cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, undermining global human rights norms.
"The ultimate response to violence cannot be more violence," Bumgardner cautions. "Governments must uphold the highest standards of ethics and human dignity, even when confronting terrible atrocities. We call on public officials to immediately halt plans for public ex*****on broadcasts and commit to responses that uphold justice without brutalizing the collective conscience."
In sacred agreement,
Bishops Pat Bumgardern, Jim Merritt, Robert Griffin, and Durrell Watkins
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