George Zimmerman was released early this morning from a Florida county jail on $150,000 bail. Zimmerman is the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman is expected to go into hiding but will be required to wear an electronic monitoring device that will allow authorities to track his movements. On Friday, Zimmerman apologized to Martin’s family during a courtroom appearance.

George Zimmerman: “I wanted to say I am sorry for the loss of your son. I did not know how old he was. I thought he was a little bit younger than I am. And I did not know if he was armed or not.”

Soon after Zimmerman spoke on Friday, a Florida judge agreed to let him out on $150,000 bail—far less than than $1 million bail requested by prosecutors. Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda argued for a higher bail.

Bernie de la Rionda: “The court should consider in terms of what he is facing. That is, life in prison. So it’s a felony, a life felony, and that obviously makes it different than what he was before, in terms of when he was out. He wasn’t charged with a crime, in terms of his flight risk. You also have the fact that it is an unarmed 17-year-old boy. I mean, the court has to consider the fact itself. This young man was minding his own business, was not committing a crime.”

Benjamin Crump, the lead attorney for Trayvon Martin’s family, criticized the judge’s decision.

Benjamin Crump: “Zimmerman’s parents only have to put up $15,000 and they get to be with their son. That’s 10 percent of the $150,000 bond. Sybrina and Tracy Martin would give their lives right now to get Trayvon back. And I think that’s what you saw in that courtroom today when Tracy Martin continually wept.”