Create classifications based on simple factors, and leave enough blank space for the higher courts to clarify.
Killing with malice aforethought: Murder 1
Killing in the heat of the moment: Manslaughter
Gropey-gropey: Rape 2
Forced intercourse: Rape 1
Having sub-categories to pick up the slack fixes a lot of the main issues, and stops the "STARE RAPE LOCK HIM UP FOR FIVE THOUSAND YEARS" nonsense.




