Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons
by vidluther on 4/11/2026, 6:19:25 AM
<a href="https://pardonned.com" rel="nofollow">https://pardonned.com</a><p>Inspired by the videos of Liz Oyer, I wanted to be able to verify her claims and just look up all the pardons more easily.<p>Tech Stack: Playwright - to sccrape the DOJ website SQLite - local database Astro 6 - Build out a static website from the sqlite db<p>All code is open source and available on Github.
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by: koolba
Are there any longer or more generic than this:<p>> For any nonviolent offenses against the United States which they may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1 2014 through the date of this pardon (<i>JAN 19, 2025</i>).<p><a href="https://pardonned.com/pardon/details/biden-family/" rel="nofollow">https://pardonned.com/pardon/details/biden-family/</a><p>That’s 11+ years with no detail or description.
4/11/2026, 11:26:58 AM
by: soumyaskartha
This kind of civic data should have been easily searchable for years. The fact that someone had to build it says a lot about how accessible government records actually are.
4/11/2026, 12:59:20 PM
by: kupadapuku
Love this idea - if I were to extend it, I'd add some kind of analysis breaking down the % composition of pardons (fraud vs drug offences vs financial crime) by President to see if there's some common trend. I was a little surprised to see the Obama number quite so high, until it became apparent that the vast majority were drug offenders being pardoned
4/11/2026, 10:57:39 AM
by: ks2048
Just yesterday, Trump said he's going to “pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval.” [1] Free reign for crimes for the next 2.5 years.<p>Maybe removing this pardoning power could be a bipartisan goal... I guess we shouldn't hold our breath.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-promises-pardon-everybody-leaves-202224304.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-promises-pardon-ev...</a>
4/11/2026, 10:42:41 AM
by: digdugdirk
Your numbers seem a bit off on the second Trump term. Trevor Milton was on the hook for over half a billion dollars of restitution alone.
4/11/2026, 11:53:44 AM
by: jsiepkes
> Pardons granted by Donald J. Trump (Second Term) Not Including the January 6th Pardons<p>Why not include the January 6th pardons?
4/11/2026, 10:30:18 AM
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by: dailoxxxx
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4/11/2026, 6:20:34 AM