In Texas, a former prosecutor and judge will be disbarred and spend 10 days in jail after pleading guilty to hiding evidence in a trial that sent an innocent man to prison for nearly 25 years. It is reportedly the first time ever in U.S. history a prosecutor has been sent to jail for withholding such evidence. The case involved Michael Morton, who was wrongfully convicted in 1987 of murdering his wife. He was released in 2011 after DNA evidence exonerated him. The lead prosecutor in the case, Ken Anderson, was charged with withholding evidence that could have proved Morton was innocent, including observations by Morton’s young son who witnessed the attack and said Morton was not home at the time. On Friday, Ken Anderson pleaded guilty to criminal contempt. On top of his 10-day term, he will serve 500 hours of community service and pay a $500 fine. Michael Morton celebrated in court.

Michael Morton: “The only thing that I want as a baseline is for Ken Anderson to be off the bench and for him to no longer practice law. And both of those things have happened and more. My number one motivating factor here is that what happened to me will not happen to you. And by what happened today, we’ve succeeded.”

Michael Morton spent nearly a quarter century in jail before being exonerated in 2011.