Lodi resident Hamid Hayat was sentenced Monday to 24 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of supporting terrorists and then lying about it to the FBI.

SACRAMENTO - A federal judge on Thursday rejected a new trial for a Lodi man convicted last year of training at a Pakistani terrorist camp.

Hamid Hayat of Lodi, convicted on terrorism charges in 2007,  has been moved to a prison in Arizona, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

A pre-sentence report has recommended that Hamid Hayat, the Lodi man convicted of terrorism last year, spend 35 years in prison.

SACRAMENTO - Hamid Hayat has a "jihadi heart and a jihadi mind," or he simply became a means for an FBI informant to make money, attorneys told a federal jury Wednesday during closing arguments in the Lodi man's terrorism trial.

Hamid Hayat's sentencing on terror-related convictions was postponed Friday at the request of defense attorneys who hope he will be granted new trial.

I. Background and experience of agent

SACRAMENTO - When FBI agents first came knocking on Naseem Khan's door more than four years ago, they were looking for someone possibly involved in a multi-million dollar money laundering scheme.

The Illinois town of Marion is a long way from Lodi — 2,100 miles, to be exact.

The foreman who guided Hamid Hayat's jury to a guilty verdict was racist, and he harassed the lone dissenting juror until she changed her mind, the juror wrote in a declaration Thursday.

Five months after they were barred from returning to the United States despite being citizens, Hamid Hayat's uncle and cousin returned to their Lodi home Monday.

SACRAMENTO - New questions arose Tuesday about the credibility of an informant in the Hayat terror case when it was revealed in court that he was recruited after being contacted by FBI agents investigating a money laundering scheme.

Reaction to Hamid Hayat's 24 year sentence on terror charges was mixed in Lodi on Monday.

Umer Hayat could be free from jail as early as Monday now that a federal judge has ordered his release following a bail hearing today.

Five months after they were barred from returning to the United States despite being citizens, Hamid Hayat's uncle and cousin returned to their Lodi home Monday.

Umer Hayat, who had been charged with two counts of lying about terrorism, pleaded guilty Wednesday - but not to terror-related charges. Instead, the Lodi man acknowledged lying to customs agents by denying he was carrying $28,000 when he took a trip to Pakistan several years ago.

Umer Hayat, who had been charged with two counts of lying about terrorism, pleaded guilty Wednesday - but not to terror-related charges. Instead, the Lodi man acknowledged lying to customs agents by denying he was carrying $28,000 when he took a trip to Pakistan several years ago.

Jurors tasked with deciding whether a Lodi father and son had ties to terrorism went home for the weekend Friday afternoon without reaching verdicts.

After nearly a year in custody and a mistrial on terror-related charges, Umer Hayat returned to his Lodi home Monday, shortly after learning that his father had died two days earlier.

SACRAMENTO - A federal judge on Friday ordered Umer Hayat released from jail, 330 days after he was arrested during a federal terrorism investigation that ultimately led to his son's conviction this week.

Government prosecutors dashed Umer Hayat's latest hopes of getting out of jail by filing an appeal late Monday, asking a federal judge to once again deny the Lodi man bail.