S1E6: Meet the Prosecutors Fighting for Second Chances, with Hillary Blout from For the People

You don't necessarily think of prosecutors when you think about second chances. After all, prosecutor offices are the very entities that send people to prison in the first place.  

 

Join me for a fascinating conversation with Hillary Blout, a former prosecutor and the Founder and Executive Director of For the People, a national nonprofit working with prosecutors to look back at past sentences and bring people home from prison. Hillary is working hard to make prosecutors be part of the solution to ending long prison terms. She spearheaded the passage of the first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in the country.  Listen as we talk about prosecutor-initiated resentencing laws, Hillary's response to the skeptics, and how Vice President Kamala Harris changed the course of Hillary's career. 

 

To learn more about Hilary and her work at For the People, check out their website. 

 

To learn more about Jessica Henry: 

Website: http://jessicahenryjustice.com/ 

Watch my TEDx talk No-Crime Wrongful Convictions here.

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