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A quarter of a million people have signed the group’s petition to request that Davis’s death warrant be withdrawn, becoming one of the most popular campaigns ever for Change.org. Rashad Robinson, executive director of ColorOfChange.org, a civil rights group running another campaign to stop Davis’ execution, also thinks the case shows what’s wrong with the U.S. justice system. “This is such a visible case and so many people have spoken out because all along, they expected that the justice would step in and do the right thing,” says Robinson. “Hundreds of thousands of people expected ‘this is how the system works, he is supposed to be saved.’ We see that on legal dramas, reporters come in at the last minute and save someone on death row.” But Troy Davis isn’t being saved, Robinson says, and that makes all the difference.