The GOP rightly believes campus rapes are a matter for law enforcement, not campus kangaroo courts.

The Daily Caller reports.

GOP Platform: Campus Rape Is For Police, Not Professors

The current draft of the GOP platform created in Cleveland includes a provision calling for sexual assault on college campuses to be handled exclusively by police, not campus judicial bodies.

Delegates on the platform committee of the Republican National Convention met Tuesday and approved a very conservative platform document that will be presented for final approval during next week’s convention. Included in the document is a strong call for sexual assault on campuses to be treated as a criminal justice issue best handled by police rather than school administrators.

“Sexual assault is a terrible crime,” the current platform draft says. “Whenever reported, it must be promptly investigated by civil authorities and prosecuted in a courtroom, not a faculty lounge. Questions of guilt or innocence must be decided by a judge and jury, with guilt determined beyond a reasonable doubt. Those convicted of sexual assault should be punished to the full extent of the law.”

Several delegates proposed amendments to the text which failed to pass. One failed amendment would have specified that colleges simply lack the resources or ability to prosecute assault cases. Another would have explicitly stated that colleges still have the “legal and contractual” right to expel students whom they believe have violated rules by assaulting somebody. While this amendment failed, the current text never denies that colleges have the right to expel students for conduct violations.