Leifer must serve at least 11 and a half years before she is eligible for parole
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer will spend up to 15 years behind bars for the sexual abuse of two young high school students.
The sentence brings to a close the decades-long fight by sisters Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper for justice after their abuse at the hands of the respected mentor and mother-of-eight.
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