Speak Up: Bill to expand SEED scholarship to students with violent felonies stalls
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An attempt to allow the last remaining group barred from utilizing the Student Excellence Equals Degree Scholarship program was nixed during a House of Representatives Education Committee meeting April 17. House Bill 290, sponsored by Rep. Eric Morrison, D-Glasgow, would allow students who have been convicted of a violent felony to qualify for the scholarship offered by Delaware Technical Community College and the University of Delaware.
- I really question society’s commitment to the idea of “rehabilitation,” when so many people attack ideas like this. — Mike Matthews
- So, there shouldn’t be consequences for committing violent crimes? — Michael Forcade
- Tell me where in my comment I said there shouldn’t be consequences. — Mike Matthews
- I don’t think we should be giving them rewards after violent crimes. I think we either lock them up and throw away the key or give them an equal punishment to their crime. This rehabilitation nonsense just shows that there’s really no consequences to their actions. You focusing on rehabilitation as opposed to punishment shows you don’t believe in consequences. We keep taking the same approach to crime, and nothing changes. Why do you think that is? You’re an excuse maker, who is afraid to face reality. — Michael Forcade
- A criminal conviction comes with a sentence. Unless the offense involves the taking of a human life, that sentence is never (officially) lifelong. Sadly, a lot of folks here want every sentence to be as harsh and lengthy as possible because they enjoy “righteous” anger more than they value evidence-based strategies for reducing crime. Their lust for ongoing vengeance is irrational. But deprive people of education and jobs, and they become highly likely to offend again. — Greg Layton
- No, what is more desired is that the same concerns you seem to have for the futures of the criminal would also be applied to the victims of their crime. I think that’s a reasonable ask; apparently, your efforts lay elsewhere. — Dennis Kirkwood
