Two former Vanderbilt University football players were found guilty on Tuesday of gang-raping an unconscious woman back in 2013. The case provides a clear example of why the criminal justice system is better suited to handle such cases. A jury was able to convict the perpetrators quickly, whereas the university’s parallel investigation had been unable to make a strong enough case.

Though the case had been pending for 19 months, the trial took just 12 days and the jury deliberated for only three hours. The appeals process will definitely add to the length of time this case has taken to be resolved. But if there’s a case to be made about reforming the way sexual assaults are handled, it needs to lie within the justice system, not with universities.