Crime | George Zimmerman Zimmerman Posts Bail, Goes Back Into Hiding Lawyer requests permission for his client to leave Florida By Rob Quinn Posted Apr 23, 2012 1:07 AM CDT Updated Apr 23, 2012 7:56 AM CDT Copied George Zimmerman, left, walks out of the intake building at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility with an unidentified man. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco) George Zimmerman is out of jail and back in hiding. He was released just after midnight today on $150,000 bond as he awaits his second-degree murder trial for the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the AP reports. Zimmerman—who apologized to Martin's parents in a court hearing Friday—has been fitted with an electronic monitoring device. His lawyer has requested permission for his client to leave Florida. The Orlando Sentinel notes that before his arrest, Zimmerman was in hiding outside of Florida. Read These Next Warning to Trump on Iran: Don't 'get eliminated yourself.' 2 Supreme Court justices had a rare public spat. We could be getting a 'Super El Niño.' The most popular American doesn't live in the US. Report an error