(CNN) — The attorney for George Zimmerman plans to ask a judge today to allow the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing an unarmed, black teen to post bond — though he believes it will be difficult.
“My hope is that the judge will grant a bond, and that it’ll be a bond that the family can make,” attorney Mark O’Mara said Wednesday. “They are not a family of means.”
Also, if a judge requires Zimmerman to remain in the area if he is granted bail, that will be difficult, O’Mara added.
“I think nobody would deny the fact if George Zimmerman is walking down the street today, he would be at risk,” he explained.
However, O’Mara said today he is “truly hoping that there will be a receding of the frustrations or anger now that the process is moving forward.”
Zimmerman, 28, who had been in hiding, turned himself in Wednesday after authorities said he would be charged in the case. He faces a second-degree murder charge in the February 26 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
