Maybe a little more common sense on the judge's part...the Zimmermans have been threatened royally. Damn right they should be thinking of all the routes. They may have been "forced" to flee.
LThe judge is a rotten BAS**** and it's none of his business how much money they have. They're ordinary folks.
I'm not exactly up on all the criminal lifestyle stuff, and even I know the jailhouse phones are recorded.
If someone voluntarily says something incriminating on these phones, it ain't a 5th amendment issue.
I would consider bullet proof vests for the spouse and lawyer a valid expense for a legal defense fund.
But making him post bail and then putting him back in and then charging his wife - it’s like they are going to do anything to get him life, regardless of the law.