The sentencing day has been set for the Holy Land Foundation case for May 27, 2009.

The sentencing will occur six months after the five defendants—Ghassan Elashi, Shukri Abu-Baker, Mohammad El-Mezain, Mufid Abdulqader and Abdulrahman Odeh— were falsely convicted of sending money to zakat (charity) committees that were allegedly controlled by Hamas.

The Holy Land Five have been political prisoners in an east Texas penitentiary since Nov. 24, 2008.