[NorthFlaRebel]

The technical difference is that she has made false statements to police and filed a false polce report, not committed perjury while under oath in a court of law.

This was clearly never going to trial because she could not take the stand and testify without committing perjury. And she as a witness is automatically impeached with the old "So were you lying then, or are you lying now?".

[Jezebelle]

Any statement made under penalty of perjury can subject a person to prosecution. Victim-witness statements made to police are usually made under penalty of perjury. The reason for this is because those statements are used as the basis to bring criminal charges against a person through the arrest and charging process, which deprives the person of his liberty. It is a serious matter.

That being said, as bad as NC criminal procedures are, it's possible that no oath is required in signing victim-witness statements, although that is difficult for me to believe, even for NC.