Press Releases

Stephanie Amiotte Joins ACLU as Legal Director for Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota

Amiotte will lead and expand the ACLU’s legal program to provide strategic leadership on both litigation and non-litigation legal advocacy to advance civil liberties and civil rights in the three states.

ACLU’s #PrideIs Campaign Goes Beyond Parties, Parades to Advance LGTBTQ+ and Two Spirit Equality in Wyoming

ACLU is asking people to sign the Pride Pledge and commit to fighting for proactive and sustainable change in the state every day.

Senate Committee Votes to Advance Bill to Repeal Death Penalty

Repealing the death penalty in Wyoming will help eliminate racial and jurisdictional bias, reduce unnecessary waste of tax dollars and eliminate the risk of executing innocent people.
Issue Areas: Capital Punishment

Wyomingites to Rally Digitally in Support of Death Penalty Repeal

Repealing the death penalty in Wyoming will help eliminate racial and jurisdictional bias, reduce unnecessary waste of tax dollars and eliminate the risk of executing innocent people.
Issue Areas: Capital Punishment

Rosie Read Joins ACLU of Wyoming as Immigration Staff Attorney

As immigration staff attorney, Read will be responsible for expanding the ACLU’s work to protect the rights of immigrants in Wyoming through targeted impact litigation, advocacy and public outreach.

ACLU Urges Sen. Lummis and Congress to Certify, Uphold the Will of Voters

Voters — not the courts and not Congress — decide elections.

ACLU of Wyoming to Host Virtual Know Your Rights Workshop in Spanish

Encounters with law enforcement officials can be stressful and scary. The ACLU of Wyoming wants to ensure everyone understands their rights – and how to be better prepared to advocate for themselves, their family and their neighbors – in any language.

Wyomingites Thank Legislators for Supporting Death Penalty Repeal

More than 125 Wyoming residents and other repeal supporters from around the country – including Sister Helen Prejean, a leading advocate for the abolition of the death penalty – signed an open letter urging state legislators to support the repeal in the 2021 legislative session. 
Issue Areas: Capital Punishment

ACLU Workshop to Address Free Speech, Dress Codes at School, on Campus

Students thrive in safe and welcoming spaces at schools. When you know what the law says, you’re better equipped to protect those safe and welcoming spaces for yourself and your community at school and on campus.