In his final hours as New Jersey governor, Democrat Phil Murphy issued 97 pardons and 51 commutations.
Among Murphy’s more controversial recipients of clemency was Harris Jacobs, the killer son of Democratic fundraiser and Atlantic City powerbroker Joe Jacobs. Jacobs is a friend of Murphy who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the failed 2024 Senate campaign of the then-governor’s wife, Tammy Murphy.
‘When politics pervades justice, the rule of law becomes subordinate to influence and power.’
Orlando Fraga — a Cuban who moved to the United States in 1980 in pursuit of a better life — was fatally struck by a vehicle when walking along Atlantic Avenue on Sept. 4, 2022.
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Harris Jacobs knew he had struck Fraga. Jacobs reportedly can be seen in surveillance footage pulling
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