Lindsay Clancy Mistrial

Lindsay Clancy is taking heat from people who says she has opened the door to copycats, claiming another child is dead as a result. Check out the new, YouTube collab between TMZ and the New York Post, "The Lowdown," where we bring you stories that are gripping, outrageous and sometimes scandalous. We also tackle a foster mom with a monkey fetish who was busted for shocking child abuse. And a woman is now in the Guinness Book for fastest burrito eating! Check out "The Lowdown" on YouTube. Lindsay Clancy's lawyer Kevin Reddington is trying to bring in the big guns to get his client pardoned after she allegedly killed her 3 young children -- asking none other than President Trump to step in! Reddington sat down for an interview with ABC News host George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday's episode of "Good Morning America" ... and he made a public plea to Trump after Clancy's trial last week in Massachusetts ended with a mistrial. Prosecutors charged Clancy with 3 counts of murder for allegedly strangling her 3 kids ... 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan. She tried to die by suicide by jumping out of a second-story window at her home, but she wound up paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. During the "Good Morning America" interview, Reddington told Stephanopoulos, "Mr. President, I would hope that you would consider this young lady and the person she is, what she's been through, and consider a pardon." The Illinois mom, who was allegedly infatuated with the Lindsay Clancy trial and is accused of killing her 2-year-old son was experiencing a 'psychotic episode' when the tragedy unfolded, according to her attorney. Corie Walsh -- a 38-year old woman from Frankfort, Illinois -- has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the death of her son, Barrett. Her attorney, Andrea Lyon, is speaking out, claiming Walsh was suffering from a severe mental health crisis at the time. According to court documents, police were called to the family's home Tuesday after a teenage neighbor discovered the toddler in the basement and began performing CPR. The child was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The coroner determined he died from asphyxia. Lindsay Clancy's parents' GoFundMe has raised more than $1 million ... just as their daughter's murder trial ends in a mistrial. The Musgrove Family Fund has collected $1,167,727 from 34,400 donations toward its $3 million goal as of Saturday. Organizer Brandee Mulligan says the money is intended to help Mike and Paula Musgrove recover from the financial strain of supporting Lindsay throughout her criminal case. Lindsay Clancy gets a mistrial, and America might be more divided than the jury. Plus, Tiger Woods scores a sweet plea deal, Kanye and Big Sean hug it out, and fake 49er Daejon Love is giving LOLs. So, we gotta ask ... Alan Jackson -- the big-time defense attorney who represented Karen Read in Massachusetts during both her criminal trials -- says he sees similarities between her case and Lindsay Clancy's .... especially in the controversial way both were handed a mistrial. Jackson joined us on "TMZ Live" Friday shortly after a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice upheld the mistrial ruling ... and he says the justice system in Massachusetts going after Lindsay again and failing to get a conviction would be a serious black eye. He says he felt it was a "travesty" when Karen's case ended in a mistrial the first time ... adding he didn't understand when the judge didn't poll individual jurors to see if they'd come to some type of verdict. Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband is speaking out after her case ended in a mistrial ... saying the deaths of their three children are something he'll never recover from. Patrick Clancy issued a statement through his attorney expressing gratitude to the judge and jurors for their work throughout the trial. "Patrick Clancy is grateful to the Court and to the jurors for their hard work, their commitment, and their perseverance," the attorney said. Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts He added ... "The loss of Patrick's children is something from which he will never recover and from which there will never be closure." Donald Trump is keeping tabs on the Lindsay Clancy trial … and spoke out hours after the court ruled a mistrial. On Friday, the President was questioned about Lindsay's case. He told reporters, 'She did a horrible, horrible thing, can't be worse, but you'll find out what the price to pay is.' Trump on Clancy Trial: She did a horrible, horrible. thing, can't be worse, but you'll find out what the price to pay is. There'll be a price. It's going to be mental institution or jail or something, but I guess they're going to go through another trial. It's too bad pic.twitter.com/YwLgCq5JkU @Acyn Trump continued, 'There'll be a price. It's going to be a mental institution or jail or something, but I guess they're going to go through another trial.' Lindsay Clancy's mistrial has a ton of people heated ... including TMZ's own Harvey Levin and defense attorney Mark Geragos. The pair had it out Friday afternoon on their weekly podcast after Judge William F. Sullivan declared a mistrial in the case Friday morning ... and Harvey thinks the D.A. will think twice before asking for a retrial. As we reported ... Lindsay Clancy's attorney -- Kevin Reddington -- asked Judge Sullivan for time so he could appeal the mistrial decision to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ... and the judge gave him an hour.