To the Editor:
I am writing in response to Katie McKay's article in the May 16 edition of The Dartmouth. While I will not waste anyone's time rendering my own opinion on the matter, I would like to point out something that I think may be relevant when considering this opinion piece. The entire United States criminal justice system is based on the fact that society has collectively decided that it does believe there are in fact varying degrees of crimes including sexual assault and even murder. This type of system is not unique to the United States either; most societies in the modern world and throughout all of human history have defined varying degrees of essentially the same crimes.
