Cook County will not pursue misdemeanor charges against students and faculty who staged a sit-in, prosecutors announced during a recent hearing.

During the Dec. 20 hearing, “state prosecutors dropped all charges against the 26 students and two faculty members arrested during a sit-in of Rosenwald Hall on November 9 organized by UChicago United for Palestine,” The Chicago Maroon reported.

University officials sought “criminal trespass to real property,” charges, according to the student newspaper. Students and two faculty members began the sit-in at 11:15 in the morning on Nov. 9. The university began arrests at 6:15 p.m., the campus newspaper previously reported.

However, the protesters will not necessarily get off without any punishment.