BIRMINGHAM, AL - U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Hopkins has made a determination in the case of former Adams Produce Chief Financial Officer John Stephen Alexander.

As we previously reported, the former owner of the company, Carl Adams III, sent a letter to the judge asking for leniency in Alexander’s case, and it appears his words were heard. Judge Hopkins’ final ruling is six months of home detention as part of a federal probe into Adams Produce’s contract with the military for produce, according to AL.com.

"Mr. Alexander is deeply appreciative of the court's consideration of the entire body of his life's work,” Augusta Dowd, Alexander's attorney, said, according to the report. “The judge's sentence is just and fair.”

The conditions of Alexander’s sentence also included serving five years supervised probation after his release from house arrest, an order from the judge to inform future employers of the case, and joint responsibility with other defendants from the case in paying restitution to the military.

While the sentence does reflect Adams’ apparent wishes and came as good news to Alexander and his defense, U.S. Attorney and case prosecutor George Martin reportedly objected to the ruling.

Martin, who looked for a year of prison time for Alexander, told Judge Hopkins during the hearing that a message needed to be sent to corporate officers, according to AL.com. He argued that Alexander knew it was wrong when he failed as Adams Produce’s CFO to report that company officials were committing fraud.

The sentence falls eight months after Alexander was charged with one count of conspiracy, 32 counts of aiding and abetting wire fraud, instead pleading guilty to one count of withholding information on a crime in an agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s office.