sentences:  The second case ended in a mistrial in 2007, but Elashi and his codefendants were convicted after a retrial in November 2008.In 2009, Elashi was sentenced to 65 years in prison on federal charges of funneling 12 million dollars to Hamas.Elashi was originally housed at Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville, to allow the convicted men to stay in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex so the convicts could aid their lawyers with their appeals.