A Livingston County judge has sided with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and halted the parole of a man convicted on sexual assault and kidnapping charges in 1994.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed an appeal opposing the Parole Board’s decision to release a man convicted on sexual assault and kidnapping charges in 1994.

New laws allow the Michigan Parole Board to delay reviews of killers and other violent offenders so they occur every five years instead of every one or two years.