Heck no, I am all for locking up offenders. I am against "which hunts." There should be strong minimum incarcerations for "rapists" and dangerous offenders need to be kept off of the streets.
Since the Globe started reporting this nobody has answered how the unfounded rate of assault compares to the unfounded rate of sexual assault. Also, what kind of sexual assault is unfounded? Are they aggravated or bum pinching. I don't mean to say anyone should put up with that behavior but that is pretty hard to build a case around and would be best dealt with by education rather than piling a sexual assault charge on an 18 year old boy whose brain is not fully developed. 
I am neither a hugger nor a kisser but a lot of people are and to be honest I feel assaulted when somebody wants to give me a hug. For me, not a pleasant experience at all.