George Zimmerman released from jail on $ 150K bond 23 Apr 2012 George Zimmerman was released around midnight Sunday from a Florida county jail on $ 150,000 bail as he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. The neighborhood watch volunteer [alleged killer] was wearing a brown jacket and blue jeans and carrying a paper bag. He walked out following another man and didn’t look over at photographers gathered outside.