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Re: Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons

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Post by justin66 »

kupadapuku wrote: post #6

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

The Obama number is also high because the designer combined Obama's first and second terms into one figure, unlike what he did with the other presidents who served two terms.

Re: Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons

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Post by justin66 »

vidluther wrote: post #19
nonameiguess wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty sure the numbers are going up simply because 1) 90s sentencing laws got insanely strict and prisons are full of old guys serving inflated sentences, 2) drug laws eventually became more lax and people are in prison for things that aren't even criminal any more, and 3) prisons have simply run out of space and it's easier to release people than build more. This kind of topic is bound to bring up a lot of outr…

@nonameiguess I agree on the pardon buying, the reason why I started looking into building this was because of a video by Liz Oyer, who pointed out all the restitution and fines that were being forgiven under Trump. That's kind of how I came upon the name for the site, I wanted to see if there is any truth to the rumors that people are selling and buying pardons. In order to investigate that, we needed a set of data…

The next step would be to dig into how much money is spent lobbying for pardons.

https://campaignlegal.org/update/inside-pardon-playbook-anal...

I'm pretty new to this particular issue so I don't have a ton to offer. It's really interesting, though. Nice site, by the way.

Re: Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons

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Post by [deleted] »

justin66 wrote: post #31
kupadapuku wrote: post #6

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

The Obama number is also high because the designer combined Obama's first and second terms into one figure, unlike what he did with the other presidents who served two terms.

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Re: Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons

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Post by vidluther »

justin66 wrote: post #31
kupadapuku wrote: post #6

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

The Obama number is also high because the designer combined Obama's first and second terms into one figure, unlike what he did with the other presidents who served two terms.

Hmm, I see the issue.. The DOJ website lists all of Obama's as once, so I need to modify the parser.. https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-bar...

Compare that to the other list. https://www.justice.gov/pardon/clemency-recipients

Re: Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons

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Post by GorbachevyChase »

whoiskevin wrote: post #28
koolba wrote: post #8

Are there any longer or more generic than this: > 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 ( JAN 19, 2025 ). https://pardonned.com/pardon/details/biden-family/ That’s 11+ years with no detail or description.

Look at what the Trump administration has done with the DOJ pursuing unwarranted indictments against anyone Trump doesn't like. All getting thrown out so far. And you lead with questioning why one of his constant targets would pardon his family? The bigger question is why this isn't more outrage at the GOP attempts to find something on Biden or Clinton. They have been wasting tax dollars while Coomer "investigates" f…

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Re: Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons

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Post by GorbachevyChase »

vidluther wrote: post #11
kupadapuku wrote: post #6

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

A bunch of mass commutations have occurred under Obama, Biden, and most recently under Trump, I'm working on a comparison tool, so we can visualize the change in number of pardons by president, further breakdown of composition is an interesting idea as well.

A more interesting analysis to me would not be the number pardoned, but rather the monetary value of correlated donations or direct financial interests. Pardons are one of the many services for sale, it seems.

Re: Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons

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Post by gcanyon »

ceejayoz wrote: post #26
koolba wrote: post #8

Are there any longer or more generic than this: > 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 ( JAN 19, 2025 ). https://pardonned.com/pardon/details/biden-family/ That’s 11+ years with no detail or description.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Richard_Nixon https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-4311-... > Now, Therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States…

Ford did real damage that day.

Re: Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons

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Post by vidluther »

mpassman wrote: post #33

Nice. But why show Restitution Abandoned etc. if you have no way to calculate it?

i am calculating it if it's available in the sentence details. If the sentence details don't have a fine or restitution then we can't calculate it.
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