A lawyer for Jim Bakker asked a federal appeals panel Wednesday to release the jailed television evangelist on bail, disputing the government's claim that his fanatical PTL followers could engineer his escape.
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Bakker, 49, convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy and sentenced to 45 years in prison, wants out of jail during his appeal.Attorney Milton Grusmark, told the three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Bakker presented no threat and was not going to flee.