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July 28, 2026
LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed an emergency application for appeal in the 16th Circuit Court in Macomb County to reverse the parole granted to prisoner Roederick Hunter, 62, incarcerated at the Central Michigan Correctional Facility. The Attorney General additionally filed a motion requesting a temporary stay of Hunter’s release on parole, which had been scheduled for today. The motion to halt the parole was granted by the Court yesterday.
Hunter was convicted by a Macomb County jury in 2005 of eight counts of First-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct and one count of Second-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct for raping a minor over a period of two years beginning in 1996 when the victim was 7 years old. He was sentenced to 25 to 75 years’ incarceration. Because the assaults occurred before truth-in-sentencing, Hunter was allowed to receive good time credits and become eligible for parole prior to his minimum sentence.
In 2014, DNA evidence linked Hunter to a 1991 rape. By that time, however, the statute of limitations had expired, and no charges could be brought. While it has been reported that he previously admitted to having committed the rape, Hunter later claimed to have no recollection of that offense and has denied any knowledge as to how his DNA was found on the scene.
Upon review, the Department concluded, per the filed appeal, the Parole Board’s decision to grant Hunter parole is a clear abuse of the Board’s discretion. In its filing, the Department heavily cites material documenting Hunter’s persistent lack of honesty regarding his conviction, blaming the victim, and refusal to express remorse for his actions or sympathy for the survivor.
The appeal also asserts that Hunter’s parole guidelines were misscored, as it failed to reflect the violence inflicted on his victim when she tried to refuse his sexual acts and that he transported her at least once in order to escape others and assault the victim.
“Sexual assault survivors show a tremendous amount of courage coming forward and reliving their trauma at trial to see their abusers brought to justice,” said Attorney General Nessel. “To go through all of that, only to see a perpetrator who shows no genuine remorse and refuses to take full accountability serve less than his minimum sentence is unacceptable. Mr. Hunter’s history proves he remains a clear threat to the public, and he must stay behind bars.”
Yesterday, the 16th Circuit Court granted the motion to halt Hunter’s parole temporarily, allowing for the appeal to be heard. Hunter will remain incarcerated until further order of the Court.
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Please note: The previous version of this release incorrectly stated the defendant pled guilty. The defendant pled no contest.