Government has truly become Big Daddy in many people’s minds. Nothing proves this claim more than recent arguments on the floor of the North Carolina Senate regarding SB 594. The proposed legislation is simple. It requires a drug test in order for individuals to receive Work First cash benefits and job training. However, to hear [...]
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Video: Sex traffickers registration bill becomes law
Senator Goolsby explains the new law requiring convicted sex traffickers to register as sex offenders.
Video: Criminals to pay for court-appointed lawyers
Sen. Goolsby details his support for HB 388 to amend assigned counsel law.
Video: Bill adding traffickers to sex offender registry passes House committee
Senate Bill 122 Sex Trafficking/Sex Offender Registration passed House Judiciary B committee today and is headed to the House floor for full consideration.
Video: Stop child sex trafficking
Sen. Thom Goolsby explains the latest bill he filed to stop child prostitution in North Carolina.
New Law to Stop Child Sex Trafficking
To North Carolina’s shame, our state ranks in the top ten (number eight) for the sex trafficking of children. This form of prostitution is nothing more than systematic rape for profit. Behind every sale of a child for sex is the threat of violence or actual violence perpetrated against a minor. Recent studies have shown [...]
Racial Justice Act Debate Off Point
The recent debate in the state Senate Judiciary 1 Committee over the repeal of the so-called Racial Justice Act (RJA) was fascinating. Liberal Democrat committee members attempted to confuse the issue, arguing that the death penalty was unjust and unnecessary. Death penalty opponents from the public testified against state-mandated executions. A Mennonite pastor threatened supporters [...]
Time to Kill the Racial Justice Act
Who could possibly be against a law entitled the Racial Justice Act (RJA)? Aren’t we all for ending racial injustice? The sad fact is that this law has nothing to do with race or justice. Instead, RJA is the Orwellian title of a sneaky law that does an end-run around our state’s death penalty. RJA [...]
Video: Sen. Goolsby files Government Transparency Act and Sunshine Amendment bills
Sunshine Week ends on a high note with the introduction of the Government Transparency Act and the Sunshine Amendment to the North Carolina Constitution.
Death Penalty Redux – Past Time to Restart Executions
Legislation was recently filed in the North Carolina Senate to restart the death penalty in our state. More than 100 North Carolina families whose loved ones were brutally murdered have waited long enough for justice. Despite having 152 convicted murderers on death row, North Carolina has not conducted an execution since 2006. The reason for [...]
Video: Sen. Goolsby talks to UNC-TV about sex trafficking legislation
“Senator Thom Goolsby (R-New Hanover County) is sponsoring legislation to combat human sex trafficking by forcing convicted human traffickers to register with North Carolina’s Sex Offender Registry. Kelly McCullen hosts the interview for UNC-TV’s North Carolina Now.” http://www.unctv.org/ncnow
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