Prosecutor in Brown case under fire

(CNN) -- St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch juggled two roles on Wednesday: overseeing the presentation of evidence in the Michael Brown case to a grand jury and responding to the flurry of attacks and calls for his recusal from the case.

McCulloch went on the offensive after Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon tried to deflect calls for the prosecutor's ouster by saying it was up to McCulloch to recuse himself.

McCulloch's deep ties with local police and perceived favoritism of law enforcement in criminal cases have led to concerns about his ability to be impartial in the Brown case.

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In a statement sent to the media on Tuesday night, Nixon said, "From the outset, I have been clear about the need to have a vigorous prosecution of this case, and that includes minimizing any potential legal uncertainty."

"I am not asking St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch to recuse himself from this case. There is a well-established process by which a prosecutor can recuse themselves from a pending investigation, and a special prosecutor be appointed. Departing from this established process could unnecessarily inject legal uncertainty into this matter and potentially jeopardize the prosecution," Nixon said.

McCulloch's response: Nixon needs to "man up."

"It's the typical Nixon doublespeak," McCulloch said during a radio interview with The McGraw Show on KTRS. "He says nothing and he's ducking."

McCulloch said the state of emergency Nixon declared on Saturday gave the governor authority to remove McCulloch from the case.

McCulloch said Nixon should "just make a decision."

"He doesn't need a reason," McCulloch said to KTRS, "all he has to do is a simple yes he's out, or no he's not out, and let's move on. The Brown family deserves that and the rest of the community deserves it."

McCulloch firmly stated he is not removing himself from the case.

"I have absolutely no intention of walking away from the duties and responsibilities entrusted to me by the people of this community. I've done it for 24 years," he said.

The clock is ticking for a decision, according to McCulloch. Now that the presentation has begun, recusing the main prosecutor could complicate matters even more.

"The most devastating thing that could happen, is if a week from now, a month from now he (Nixon) decides that he's taking me off this case and everybody is starting over. Stand up, man up," said McCulloch, "This family deserves nothing less than that."

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Grand jury presentation

Wednesday marked the first day of evidence presentation to the grand jury, a process that will likely continue into the fall.

"We will be presenting absolutely everything to this grand jury," McCulloch said on KTRS. "Every statement that a witness made, every witness, every photograph, every piece of physical evidence. Absolutely nothing will be left out, so the grand jury is making their decision based upon absolutely everything and we'll go from there."

But not all the evidence is ready to be presented, according to McCulloch, which is why prosecutors will have to present in parts.

"As things are completed they'll be presented to the grand jury," said McCulloch during an interview with CNN affiliate KMOV. "But we want to get the process started, and not wait until absolutely everything is done before we even start it."

Overwhelming Volume of Evidence

The evidence in the shooting death of Michael Brown involves investigations from multiple agencies, including the Ferguson Police Department, St. Louis Police Department, FBI, U.S. Attorney's Office and the Department of Justice.

Asked how many witnesses have been interviewed so far, McCulloch told KMOV, "I don't know. Dozens and dozens, maybe hundreds." He said the FBI has been successful at locating witnesses in the Canfield apartments, near where Brown was killed.

"The federal government is doing their independent investigation, and so they're also talking to witnesses, and ultimately that will be made available to us," McCulloch told KMOV. "They're doing their own forensic testing. They've done their own or will do their own post-mortem examination, and those results will be provided, all to the grand jury."

Grand jury time line

McCulloch estimated prosecutors will finish presenting the case by mid-October, a time line that brings its own set of challenges with the grand jury calendar, because the current session ends in early September.

"We will be presenting what we can, between now and the end of their term, which is early September," McCulloch told KTRS, "after that, their term is extended just for this case and that's all they will be doing. They can meet for as long as they want, as long as they want to meet."

"We present the full case to the grand jury and should there be an indictment, the full case will be presented to the trial jury so that they make the decision," McCulloch said. "I don't decide if somebody is guilty or not guilty. I present the evidence to a jury and the jury makes that decision."

檢察官邁克爾·布朗的情況下，以省長：“達人”，如果你想我了
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（CNN） -聖路易斯縣檢察官羅伯特·麥卡洛克玩弄於週三兩個作用：監督證據的呈現邁克爾·布朗的情況下，以一個大陪審團和應對攻擊並要求他迴避的情況下，亂舞。
麥卡洛克發動攻勢後，密蘇里州州長傑伊·尼克松試圖說是達到麥卡洛克來迴避自己的偏轉呼籲檢察官下台。
麥卡洛克與當地警察和執法刑事案件視為偏袒深層次的聯繫，導致了他是公正的，在布朗案能力的擔憂。
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要求檢察官迴避自己 弗格森目擊者“嚇得說話”
組圖：情緒高漲的弗格森 組圖：情緒高漲的弗格森
在發送給媒體週二晚上發表聲明，尼克松說，“從一開始，我一直清楚，需要有這種情況下，大力起訴，這包括盡量減少任何潛在的法律不確定性。”
“我不是問聖路易斯縣檢察官鮑勃·麥卡洛克從這種情況下迴避自己。有一個完善的過程，其中一名檢察官可以從等候調查迴避自己，和一位特別檢察官任命。從這個過程中建立的離去可能的法律不確定性不必要的注入這件事情，並可能危及起訴，“尼克松說。
麥卡洛克的回應：尼克松需要“的人了。”
“這是典型的尼克松故弄玄虛，”麥卡洛克在接受電台採訪時與麥格勞顯示在腎移植受者說。“他沒說什麼，他的迴避。”
麥卡洛克說，緊急尼克松上週六宣布國家給總督有權從盒中取出麥卡洛克。
麥卡洛克說，尼克松應該“只是做一個決定。”
“他並不需要一個理由，”麥卡洛克說腎移植受者，“所有他要做的就是簡單的是他的了，還是沒有他不出來，讓我們繼續前進。布朗的家人值得的和社會其他應得的。“
麥卡洛克肯定地表示，他不會從箱中取出自己。
“我絕對無意走離託付給我了這個社區的人的義務和責任，我已經做了24年，”他說。
時間在流逝作出決定，根據麥卡洛克。現在，演示開始，recusing主檢察官可能使問題複雜化，甚至更多。
“最具破壞性的事情可能發生，就是如果一個星期從現在開始，每月從現在的他（尼克松）決定，他要帶我離開這個情況下，每個人都開始了，站起來，男人了，說：”麥卡洛克，“這家庭值得無外乎這一點。“
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大陪審團p resentation
週三標證據展示的第一天，大陪審團，這個過程可能會持續到秋季。
“我們將展示絕對一切，這個大陪審團，”麥卡洛克說，腎移植受者。“每一個陳述，證人提出，每一個證人，每一張照片，每一件實物證據。絕對什麼都不會被排除在外，因此，大陪審團正在根據絕對一切的決定，我們會從那裡。”
但並不是所有的證據已準備好被呈現，根據McCulloch的，這就是為什麼檢必須存在於零件。
“由於事情完成，他們將提交給大陪審團，”麥卡洛克說，在與美國有線電視新聞網的會員採訪時KMOV。“但是我們希望得到的過程開始，而不是等到一切都完全完成之前，我們甚至開始吧。”
證據鋪天蓋地卷
在邁克爾·布朗的射擊死亡的證據，涉及多個機構，包括弗格森警察局，聖路易斯市警察局，聯邦調查局，美國聯邦檢察官辦公室和司法部的調查。
問有多少證人被採訪至今，麥卡洛克說KMOV，“我不知道。數十座，也許上百個。” 他說，美國聯邦調查局已經成功在Canfield的公寓，靠近布朗在那裡被殺害尋找證人。
“聯邦政府正在做他們的獨立調查，所以他們也在跟證人，並最終將提供給我們，”麥卡洛克說KMOV。“他們正在做他們自己的法醫檢測，他們已經做了自己還是會盡自己的驗屍，而這些結果將提供所有的大陪審團。”
大陪審團的時間 線
麥卡洛克預計檢察官將完成由十月中旬，時間線會帶來它自己的一套與大陪審團歷提出挑戰的情況下，因為在當前會話在九月初結束。
“我們現在將介紹一下就可以了，與他們來說，這是9月初結束，”麥卡洛克對腎移植受者，“在那之後，他們的任期延長只是這種情況下，這一切，他們會做，他們可以滿足，只要他們想要的，只要他們想要滿足“。
“我們提出了全案的大陪審團，並應該有一份起訴書，全案將提交給審判陪審團，讓他們做出了決定，”麥卡洛克說。“我並不確定是否有人為有罪或無罪，我提出的證據，陪審團和陪審團作出這一決定。”