Pardonned.com Launches Searchable US Pardons Database
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- Pardonned.com launched a searchable database of U.S. pardons, enabling easy verification of claims.
- Playwright was used to scrape the Department of Justice website for pardon records.
- SQLite stores the scraped data locally, while Astro 6 builds a static site from the database.
- GitHub hosts the open‑source code for Pardonned.com, allowing anyone to review or contribute.
- Liz Oyer’s videos inspired the creator to build the site.
- pardonned.db (the SQLite file) and a JSON dump are publicly available for download.
- JSON gist of the raw pardon data was posted by a community member, who also suggested using Datasette for further analysis.
Why it matters: People seeking to verify pardon claims now have a searchable, downloadable database, removing the need to manually scrape DOJ pages and making fact‑checking faster and more transparent; the public can directly explore presidential clemency records without navigating the DOJ site.
