Zimmerman out on bail
Former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of unarmed black teenager Travyon Martin, was released on Friday from a Florida county jail on $1 million bail.
George Zimmerman posts $1,000,000 bail bond
George Zimmerman has been released from jail for the second time, after posting the $1,000,000 bail bond set by a judge in Florida just 24 hours ago. It is not clear whether he paid the bond in full, or paid part of it.
His bail bond was approved and posted online after he was released from Seminole County jail at around 2:50 pm this afternoon. Zimmerman shot and killed unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin on February 26 this year.
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