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Because of the potential lengthy sentences for the [[criminal conviction]]s, the individual defendants were remanded into custody without [[bail]] pending any appeal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Guilty Verdicts in Holy Land Foundation Retrial |work=CBS 11 / TXA 21 Dallas Fort-Worth |date=November 24, 2008 |url=http://cbs11tv.com/local/holy.land.retrial.2.872727.html |access-date=November 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210132823/http://cbs11tv.com/local/holy.land.retrial.2.872727.html |archive-date=December 10, 2008 }}</ref>
== Post Conviction ==
A 2011 [[NPR]] report claimed some of the people associated with this group were imprisoned in a highly restrictive [[Communication Management Unit]].<ref name=npr2/>
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On October 29, 2012, the United States Supreme Court denied the petition for writ of certiorari.<ref>Elashi v. United States, No. 11-1390, 133 S. Ct. 525 (2012)</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docketfiles/11-1390.htm|title=Search – Supreme Court of the United States|website=www.supremecourt.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kampeas |first=Ron |url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/10/30/3110666/supreme-court-denies-appeal-of-holy-land-foundation-convictions |title=Supreme Court denies appeal of Holy Land Foundation convictions |publisher=Jta.org |date=2012-10-30 |access-date=2014-06-04 |archive-date=2012-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102205336/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/10/30/3110666/supreme-court-denies-appeal-of-holy-land-foundation-convictions |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On December 12, 2024, Mufid Abdulqader was released from [[Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville|Seagoville, TX Federal Correctional Institution]] after 16 years of imprisonment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-12 |title=
=== Criticism of the trial ===
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=== Ongoing legal efforts ===
On November 24, 2022, [[Within Our Lifetime]], the Coalition for Civil Freedoms and the [[Samidoun]] Prisoner Network launched a campaign to release the Holy Land Five.<ref name="middleeasteye.net"/>
▲On December 12, 2024, Mufid Abdulqader was released from [[Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville|Seagoville, TX Federal Correctional Institution]] after 16 years of imprisonment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-12 |title= Instagram|url=https://www.instagram.com/yaakub_ira/p/DDe49e7Rs3k/}}</ref>
=== Prosecution response ===
Levitt has claimed in response that the [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]] did not properly vet recipients.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Better Late than Never |url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/better-late-than-never-keeping-usaid-funds-out-of-terrorist-hands |access-date=2019-10-03 |website=www.washingtoninstitute.org |language=en}}</ref> Until June 2006, USAID lacked important background identifier information on individuals such as date of birth and full names. According to a Government Accountability Office report, USAID lacked even a procedure to verify the accuracy of individual's names. In March 2006, the USAID mission to Tel Aviv eliminated a requirement to periodically reevaluate partners resulting in a lack of scrutiny for organizations later tied to terrorists. Finally, USAID did not vet recipients that received funds under $25,000 from 2001 to 2003 and under $100,000 post 2003 until 2006 when the threshold returned to $25,000.<ref name=":4" />
=== Civil Litigation and Appeal ===
Following the closure of the HLF offices, Shukri Baker and Ghassan Elashi lodged a civil case to unfreeze HLF assists and reverse the designation of the HLF as a Terrorist Organization.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}} {{When|date=July 2025}}The case was held before Judge [[Gladys Kessler]], a [[Bill Clinton]] appointment. The Executive Order was based on an "administrative record" explaining the reasons behind the decision to designate the HLF as a terrorist organization. The report claimed that the HLF was a front for Hamas.
The report contained a number of documents including one that claimed Shukri Baker was a member of Hamas. None of the statements quoted were taken under oath. The key claim was a list of 70–80 orphans who had received support from the HLF and that they were children of Hamas fighters. Baker and Elashi's lawyers analysed the list and found that only three of the fathers were involved in armed resistance. They had been killed preparing a bomb. They also noted that the list contained children of 11 men killed by Hamas for collaborating with the Israeli secret services. Another document contained a statement from a former manager of the HLF Jerusalem office which the lawyers were able to prove was a fabrication.<ref>Peled. pp. 102, 103</ref>
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In 2003 the HLF's lawyers learnt that there was a criminal investigation underway. Their lawyer, John Boyd, later said they regretted filing the civil case since it led the Government to abandon the original charges which had been so effectively refuted and create a completely new case.<ref>Peled. pp. 102, 107</ref>
=== Cultural Discourse ===
On February 22, 2022, Nida Abu Baker, the daughter of Shukri Abu Baker
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