Published: July 6, 2012 7:38 PM
By MIKE SCHNEIDER. The Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman was released from jail Friday for a second time while he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman left the Seminole County Jail a day after Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester granted a $1 million bail with strict conditions. He jumped into a sport utility vehicle, ignoring shouted questions from nearby reporters.
Zimmerman is required to stay in Seminole County; he was allowed to leave Florida after his first release in April. He must be electronically monitored, can't open a bank account, obtain a passport or set foot on the grounds of the local airport. He has a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.
"He's very happy to be out," Don West, one of Zimmerman's attorneys, told reporters outside the jail.
Zimmerman, who has pleaded not guilty, had to pay a bond company $100,000 but also needed $1 million in collateral to secure the bail, his legal team said. West declined to comment on what was being used as collateral.
Zimmerman had been released on a $150,000 bond in April, but the judge revoked it last month after prosecutors presented evidence that he and his wife misled the court about how much money they had available to pay for the bond. They didn't tell the judge that donations from a website for Zimmerman's legal defense had raised around $135,000 at the time of his first bond hearing.
His wife, Shellie Zimmerman, faces arraignment at the end of the month on a perjury charge; she was free on bond.
Zimmerman's attorneys said Thursday there was $211,000 in an account, which included the amount raised from Zimmerman's website and another website set up by his legal team. An additional $20,000 was raised in the day after Lester issued the $1 million bond order.
Zimmerman will stay in a "safe house" before relocating to a permanent home, and he has hired a security team, according to information posted on a website run by his legal team.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER. The Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman was released from jail Friday for a second time while he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman left the Seminole County Jail a day after Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester granted a $1 million bail with strict conditions. He jumped into a sport utility vehicle, ignoring shouted questions from nearby reporters.
Zimmerman is required to stay in Seminole County; he was allowed to leave Florida after his first release in April. He must be electronically monitored, can't open a bank account, obtain a passport or set foot on the grounds of the local airport. He has a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.
"He's very happy to be out," Don West, one of Zimmerman's attorneys, told reporters outside the jail.
Zimmerman, who has pleaded not guilty, had to pay a bond company $100,000 but also needed $1 million in collateral to secure the bail, his legal team said. West declined to comment on what was being used as collateral.
Zimmerman had been released on a $150,000 bond in April, but the judge revoked it last month after prosecutors presented evidence that he and his wife misled the court about how much money they had available to pay for the bond. They didn't tell the judge that donations from a website for Zimmerman's legal defense had raised around $135,000 at the time of his first bond hearing.
His wife, Shellie Zimmerman, faces arraignment at the end of the month on a perjury charge; she was free on bond.
Zimmerman's attorneys said Thursday there was $211,000 in an account, which included the amount raised from Zimmerman's website and another website set up by his legal team. An additional $20,000 was raised in the day after Lester issued the $1 million bond order.
Zimmerman will stay in a "safe house" before relocating to a permanent home, and he has hired a security team, according to information posted on a website run by his legal team.
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