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Photos: Patrick Pursley free on bond

Michelle Carr receives a kiss from Patrick Pursley after he was released from the Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, April 27, 2017. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
Michelle Carr receives a kiss from Patrick Pursley after he was released from the Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, April 27, 2017. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
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Jodi Campbell, supervisor for Winnebago County pretrial services, holds the door as Patrick Pursley is released from Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, April 27, 2017, after being imprisoned for 23 years for the shooting death of Andy Ascher. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
Jodi Campbell, supervisor for Winnebago County pretrial services, holds the door as Patrick Pursley is released from Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, April 27, 2017, after being imprisoned for 23 years for the shooting death of Andy Ascher. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
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Patrick Pursley leaves the Winnebago County Justice Center with his fiance, Michelle Carr, after being released from Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, April 27, 2017. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
Patrick Pursley leaves the Winnebago County Justice Center with his fiance, Michelle Carr, after being released from Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, April 27, 2017. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
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Patrick Pursley speaks to members of the media as Robert Stauffer, one of his lawyers, listens on Thursday, April 27, 2017. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
Patrick Pursley speaks to members of the media as Robert Stauffer, one of his lawyers, listens on Thursday, April 27, 2017. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
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Patrick Pursley walks to his car after he was released from Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, April 27, 2017. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
Patrick Pursley walks to his car after he was released from Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, April 27, 2017. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
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Kevin Murphy, an associate with Jenner & Block, takes some of Patrick Pursley's belongings out as they wait for Pursley to be released from Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, April 27, 2017, after being imprisoned for 23 years for the shooting death of Andy Ascher. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
Kevin Murphy, an associate with Jenner & Block, takes some of Patrick Pursley's belongings out as they wait for Pursley to be released from Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, April 27, 2017, after being imprisoned for 23 years for the shooting death of Andy Ascher. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
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Kevin Murphy, an associate with Jenner & Block, and Ashley Tingstad, with Hooper Hathaway Price Beuche, react as they get a glimpse of Patrick Pursley as he was being released from Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, April 27, 2017. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
Kevin Murphy, an associate with Jenner & Block, and Ashley Tingstad, with Hooper Hathaway Price Beuche, react as they get a glimpse of Patrick Pursley as he was being released from Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, April 27, 2017. [ARTURO FERNANDEZ/RRSTAR.COM STAFF]
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