Pulse shooter’s wife to be released on bail

for selling marijuana, but she might be allowed free. How does that make any sense?” Hansen said. “This whole situation is heartbreaking. It’s going to make it hard to sleep at night — again.”

Salman’s attorneys said she would be released Friday on a $500,000 bond. The U.S. Department of Justice has until Friday to appeal the decision. If it does appeal, the case will move to Florida, her attorneys said.

Salman’s attorney Linda Moreno, said the ruling is “a real statement on the weakness” of the case.

The judge said Salman was not a flight risk and will wear an electronic ankle monitor while she lives with her uncle in Northern California. After the June 12 attack, she moved from Orlando to her mother’s suburban San Francisco home, where she was arrested in January.

Salman’s mother and uncle put up their houses to guarantee that Salman won’t flee. Ryu called the conditions of Salman’s release “essentially house arrest” because she can only leave for court appearances, meetings with her attorneys and doctor’s appointments.

Salman has pleaded not guilty to charges of aiding and abetting Mateen and lying to investigators after the shooting.

Prosecutors accused her of accompanying Mateen on scouting trips to the bar.

Salman initially said she didn’t know anything about the attack but later told investigators Mateen abused steroids, was “pumped up” on the night of the attack and said, “this is the one day” as he walked out the door, federal prosecutor Sara Sweeney has said in court.

Sweeney also said the couple ran up $25,000 in credit card debt and spent $5,000 in cash in the days before the shooting. Among the purchases was an $8,000 diamond ring for Salman. In addition, they made Salman the death beneficiary of his bank account, prosecutors said.

Authorities say Mateen killed 49 people and injured at least 68 in an attack on Pulse in the early hours of June 12. The gay nightclub was hosting a Latin Night when Mateen walked in with an automatic rifle near closing time and started shooting.

After a three-hour standoff law-enforcement officers shot and killed Mateen.