St. Louis prosecutor Bob McCulloch has now admitted some of the witnesses they heard from in the Michael Brown case were lying, during an interview with a local radio station.

During his interview, McCullouch tried to clear up some of the drama involved around the court's decision to not indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of the teenager. The prosecutor failed to do so when he knowingly admitted he heard from a witness who lied about her recollection of the shooting. McCullouch admitted he knew the woman was lying, but put her on the stand anyway.

"Well, early on, I decided that anyone who claimed to have witnessed anything was going to be presented to the grand jury," he said. "And I knew that no matter how I handled it, there would be criticism of it. So if I didn't put those witnesses on, then we'd be discussing now why I didn't put those witnesses on. Even though their statements were not accurate. So my determination was to put everybody on and let the grand jurors assess their credibility, which they did."

McCullouch doesn't confirm when he knew the woman was lying, but was aware that a lot of what the woman said was from newspaper headlines and her imagination. Lawmakers and critics have now slammed the prosecutor for presenting false information to the jury. His approach to the case has also been questioned since it was revealed that McCullouch has strong ties to the St. Louis police force, and the underlying fact that his father, a police officer, was killed by a black man.

During his interview, McCullouch also noted that the people who were caught lying on the stand will not face perjury charges.

"It's a legitimate issue," he said. "But in the situation — again, because of the manner in which we did it — we're not going to file perjury charges against anyone. There were people who came in and yes, absolutely lied under oath. Some lied to the FBI — even though they're not under oath, that's another potential offense, a federal offense."

If investigated, the prosecutor can face suborning perjury charges and possible jail time. 

Check out his interview above.

Source: NPR