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11 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
Execution: 0 for, 5 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful civic data made easily searchable
From 3 comments
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.
soumyaskartha on HNThis is exactly the kind of thing the DOJ website should have provided natively. Good reminder that "public record" and "actually accessible" are very different things. Bookmarked.
wavint on HNThis is a great example of how a simple, focused tool can make public data easily accessible. Good job.
sensarts on HN
Good for exploring overviews and details
From 1 comment
Really terrific. Such fun to see overviews and then dig into the details to see how assumptions about each situation were inaccurate at first glance.
xrd on HN
Objections
Data accuracy issues in restitution and sentence categorisation
From 2 comments
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.
digdugdirk on HNhttps://pardonned.com/pardon/details/cindy-marie-griffith-fka-cindy-marie-schafer/ How come this ended up in the drug offence category? The sentence reads: “Distribution of…
nerder92 on HN
Presidential pardon power itself criticised
From 2 comments
Presidents shouldn't have the right to outright pardon people. It should have to go through some sort of body beforehand and be voted on like everything else.
millbj92 on HNPresidential pardons should be banned, period. All presidential pardons are political in nature, and therefore not based on justice.
insane_dreamer on HN
Requests
Filters by district, donations, or political contributions
From 3 comments
would be nice to search by district
guest__user on HNCan someone overlay this with recorded political donations?
totetsu on HNNeeds a filter to see how much they paid to Trump.
spiderfarmer on HN
Comparison of pardons across presidents
From 2 comments
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…
kupadapuku on HNA 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…
vidluther on HN
Questions
Repeat pardons of the same person tracked?
From 2 comments
Are you able to track repeat pardons of the same offender? If not you have a bug. https://pardonned.com/pardon/details/adriana-isabel-camberos/ Adriana Camberos was in fact…
lateforwork on HNInteresting story, but I do not see her name in the list of pardons and commutations on the source website twice.…
vidluther on HN