DETROIT (WWJ)  -- Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been released from jail, but must pay a $50,000 bond, will be allowed no travel, and must wear an electronic tether. That was the ruling sent down by Wayne Country Circuit Court Judge Thomas E. Jackson during the mayor's hearing Friday morning.

Jackson's decision altered Thursday's ruling of 36th District Court Judge Ron Giles who ordered the mayor to jail for violating the terms of his bond by making an unauthorized trip to Canada.

Jackson said Judge Giles went too far in ordering the mayor to jail with no option for bond.

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The travel ban means the mayor may not leave Michigan for either business or pleasure, and it will prohibit him from attending the Democratic National Convention this month in Denver. 

WWJ spoke spoke live Friday afternoon Matt Davis, a legal analyst and former spokesman for the Department of Corrections. Davis says tethers, like the one the mayor will be wearing, have become a lot more sophisticated in recent years and will allow authorities to detect the mayor's whereabouts at all times.

During Friday's hearing, Kilpatrick's defense presented the case that the mayor has always shown proper respect for the court, attended every scheduled appearance, and on time. The defense also asserted that Kilpatrick does not present a flight risk nor is he a danger to society, claiming therefore there is no legal reason the mayor should not be released on bond.

The mayor's attorney Jim Parkman argued that Judge Ron Giles abused his discretion in sending Kilpatrick to jail. "While he may have changed conditions of the bond, and while he may have done different things -- one of the things he cannot do, under the law, is remand without a bond," Parkman told the court.

Judge Jackson did say that whether or not the mayor's trip to Windsor was for "emergency" city business does not matter. Jackson said that the mandatory bond conditions were made clear to Kilpatrick -- one of those conditions being the mayor remain in the country unless obtaining permission of the court.

Kilpatrick spent Thursday night jail after he was searched, fingerprinted, photographed and given a green jumpsuit and placed in a one-man cell for high-profile people.

Although not in the general jail population, the mayor was treated like any other prisoner - ``no better, no worse,'' Sheriff Warren Evans said. WWJ's Joe Donovan and Roberta Jasina further questioned Sheriff Evans about the mayor's night in jail during a live interview Friday morning.  Listen: 

Earlier Thursday, Kilpatrick and Christine Beatty waived their right to a preliminary exam in the perjury case. That means those charges now go directly to Wayne County Circuit Court. Arraignment for the pair was set for Aug. 14. Both deny the charges.

More background on the Mayor's scandal at this link.

Meanwhile Friday, Mayor Kilpatrick faces new, unrelated criminal charges resulting from a shoving incident involving a Wayne County Sheriff deputy and Wayne County investigator. More on this story, here.