Hillary Blout

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Founder, Executive director

Hillary Blout is the Founder and Executive Director of For The People, the national nonprofit working with prosecutors to look back at past sentences and safely bring people home from prison. In 2018, Hillary drafted and secured the passage of AB 2942—the first Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing law in the country—and is now spearheading its implementation. 

Hillary was previously a prosecutor for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. She is a fierce advocate for victims of crime, having spent years focusing on crimes against women and children. During her time at Californians for Safety and Justice, Hillary also promoted second chances for thousands of people previously convicted of lower-level felonies statewide. 

In 2022, Hillary became the recipient of Fast Company’s 2022 World-Changing Ideas Award for her innovations in criminal justice. She was also awarded the Powerful Women of the Bay recognition for her work’s positive regional impact. 

Hillary is a frequent trainer and panelist. She has spoken at the National District Attorneys Association, Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania’s Quattrone Center, The Sentencing Project, among others. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Newsweek, USA Today, Bloomberg, and the American Bar Association Journal.

Hillary currently leads the nation’s first Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing clinic at the University of California, Davis Law School. In 2021, she also hosted Prosecution Leaders of Now ensuring executive education for emerging leaders in prosecution. She is a Galaxy Gives Fellow and a social entrepreneur at Draper Richards Kaplan foundation. 

Hillary received her B.A. in Political Science from San Francisco State University in and her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law. She is from the Bay Area, and lives in Oakland with her husband and two boys.