Last year on October 4th, 2021, I composed and mailed out a PATH blog pertaining to an award-winning documentary titled: NOMAD: A LIFER’S JOURNEY THROUGH CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONS about former inmate, Damon L. Cooke. Damon, a former financial consultant with no prior criminal record before his conviction for attempted murder in 1991, is that man. Damon had been incarcerated ever since and up until recently, he had mentored countless other inmates and had done nothing to support the Parole Board's conclusion in 2002 that “…he would be dangerous if released”, said the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
If you recall, at that time, I had simultaneously requested your help to petition for Damon’s Freedom. Well, as of most recently, Damon is a free man! So, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for your support! We are all so incredibly grateful.
Damon will continue to manage THE UNCUFFED PROJECT (TUP) - with Lisa Strong, primarily serving recently freed individuals from long term sentences. TUP delivers supplies, provides transitional housing, feeds the homeless, and more!
Pics taken in California of Damon and Lisa Strong
God bless!
Leslie Lakes, Director