Karen E Parrott

I was falsely accused of a crime by a couple. Ms. Parrott was assigned as my public defender because I couldn't afford an attorney. From day 1, she acted as if I were guilty and didn't believe a word that came from me. She made it VERY clear she has ZERO interest in proving my innocence and that I wa...s just another number to put away and line her pockets. I fought for quite awhile. Eventually I fought so long, they reassigned me a public defender that was WONDERFUL and actually believed I was innocent and the couple accusing me were completely fabricating EVERYTHING they were saying against me. Sadly, my case took so long and she Eventually stopped being a public defender and took another job and OF COURSE, who am I assigned to again?? Karen E. Parrott. However, this time around, she SEEMED like SOMEWHAT believed that I was actually innocent. So i keep fighting and believing SOMEONE will believe that I'm ACTUALLY innocent. Eventually, SHE lied to me to get me to accept a bogus plea deal. Unfortunately, I didn't find out that Ms. Parrott had lied to me, as her client, until a year or 2 after. She KNEW if she came to me with a felony charge for something I DIDNT do, I would shoot it down. So she told me it would show as a misdemeanor charge because I was pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge and it would show on my record as a misdemeanor. So I TRUSTED HER as my public defender and sign thr plea to get this over with and move on with my life seeing as it was just a simple misdemeanor charge and I wasn't getting locked up, being a single full-time dad. And NOW because of her lies, I have a felony on my record, which was my WHOLE fight to begin with. I wasn't gonna take a felony charge for something I DIDNT do, she knew that and she lied because SHE believed I was guilty from the start. After looking into my case and SEVERAL others she's represented, this ISNT her first time doing this and tends to make a habit of doing things of this nature. If you're EVER assigned Ms. Karen E. Parrott from the Florence, SC public defenders office, do EVERYTHING you can to get reassigned a new public defender. DO NOT think you will be different because you won't. She WILL treat you as guilty from the start and give a "lack luster" attempt at representing you and she is NOT beyond lying to her own defendants to "lighten" her case load. If I could leave her negative stars, I ABSOLUTELY would!!