@hawkeye10,
Quote: At some point sex crimes will once again be considered relatively of little concern of the state...At some point we will once again treat women as adults and expect them to behave has responsible adults....
The female who was raped by William Nottingham Beebe was not an "adult", she was 17 at the time. She was also unconscious on a bed in a frat house when Beebe found her and raped her. He admitted she, "was in no condition to consent". Witnesses saw him on top of her. Witnesses saw him leaving the room with blood on his pants.
That was rape in 1984, and it is rape today. And 25 years from now it will still be rape.
The female did absolutely nothing "irresponsible"--she had no contact with Beebe prior to the rape. Beebe, on the other hand, knew what he did was wrong at the time, and it bothered him for over 20 years. He didn't try to excuse what he did.
It's time
you regarded men as responsible adults and stopped making excuses for their assaultive violations of female's bodies. Assaults will always be the concern of the state, as they well should be.