Florida children's author accused of horrific abuse learns fate

A children's book author and her husband will spend at least a decade behind bars for the horrific abuse and neglect of their three adoptive children.

Jennifer Wolfthal, 45, and her husband Joseph Wolfthal, 43, pleaded guilty on Monday to aggravated child abuse and neglect with great bodily harm, and will serve 12 years and 10 years, respectively, following a plea agreement.

The years-long campaign of abuse included beating the children with a 'whacker', forcing them to write lines, and feeding them only a mixture of cereal and vegetable puree.

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