Now Martinez is expanding a pro bono program, where Ben Reiss and about two dozen other private attorneys are working misdemeanor and felony cases.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Civil rights groups say more than five million people are denied the right to vote in the United States because of past felony convictions.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

"Our case loads kept increasing particularly in our felony division.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22