http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/sp...ults.html?_r=0
I suspect that the prosecutor was primarily motivated by not wanting to have the hazers bound over to adult court, or have to register as sex offenders; but in juvenile court, other than for sex offender registration, the charges are not likely to affect the disposition. Whether or not that's the correct call, obviously people will differ in opinion. If I'm correct, perhaps the problem is that there is not enough discretion as to when collateral consequences attach to sex offenses, as but for the collateral consequences it wouldn't much matter whether the charge were a sex assault or common assault.

