Malka Leifer will be sentenced next month
Malka Leifer, who was found guilty of rape and indecent assault of a minor, will be sentenced on August 24 in Australia.Let's hope she gets a severe sentence. It's a terrible shame the jury didn't convict her on 5 of the charges pertaining to one of the 3 main victims, so we have to hope either way, the judge will give her a long time in the slammer and not go easy based on what time she already served while facing extradition from Israel. And let's also hope male-vs-male offenders in the Haredi community will also receive the serious penalties they deserve too. But most crucially, let's hope the victims of such crimes will leave these insular communities and rebuild their lives in non-Haredi societies.
The date was set on Friday by Judge Mark Gamble after three days of submissions regarding what sentence Leifer should receive after she was convicted, The Associated Press reported.
She was convicted by a Victoria state jury in April, where she was found guilty of 18 of the 29 counts of sexual abuse charges against two sisters that she was on trial for.
The Press described the sentencing as "potentially the final chapter of an extended battle that tested Israeli-Australian relations" with regards to bringing Leifer to justice.
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