Appeals Follow Sentencing of Defendants in Holy Land Foundation Case

After their sentencing last week, it took less than 24 hours for three of the five defendants in United States v. Holy Land Foundation to file notices of appeal with the 5th Circuit, and an attorney for one of the defendants said all five will appeal. The HLF defendants received a combined total of 180 years in prison on charges that they engaged in a conspiracy to help funnel at least $12.4 million to Hamas through a now-defunct Texas-based Muslim charity, among other things.