many years of service to the community as "a significant mitigating factor" in determining the sentence. Cellini reported to an Indiana Federal Prison in 2013. Following sentencing, the Jacksonville Journal-Courier exclaimed, "If this conviction is a travesty of the system...if Cellini is caught in a net that was cast one person too wide, it would be a shame for him to not know how the story ends." Following Cellini's release, his lawyers filed a motion for his probationary relief and were subsequently granted the request. William Cellini retired from the real-estate business and from active political campaigning. He resides in Illinois. References People from Springfield, Illinois American real estate businesspeople 1935 births Living people