Stevenson uses logos effectively to demonstrate this. Stevenson tells readers about a man Horace Dunkins. Horace Dunkins was a man who had intellectual disabilities. He was sentenced to death row. This was very cruel because this man had disabilities since he was young. He basically had the mind of a child. Stevenson said: “Mr. Dunkins suffered from an intellectual disability, and the trial judge found that he was “mentally retarded” based on his school performance and previous tests” (169). Knowing that he was mentally ill, they decided to put him on death row anyway. The way Horace died was very cruel. “The officials connected the electrodes to the chair incorrectly, so only a partial electrical charge was delivered…” (170). For this reason they continued to electrocute him until he died. This was very cruel because this man didn't deserve this at all. But he wasn't the only mentally ill person to be treated