The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a suit by Florida's death row inmates today that alleged the temperatures on the row were so hot as to amount to cruel and unusual punishment:

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Constitution "does not mandate comfortable prisons," rejecting a class-action lawsuit that claimed the heat on death row forced inmates at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford to stand in toilets, drape themselves in wet towels and sleep naked on concrete floors.

The lawsuit was filed four years ago by the Florida Justice Institute in Miami. The agency's attorney, Peter Siegel, said the organization has not decided whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

I hope the inmates decide to appeal. Here's the position the Court should have taken:

Hannah Floyd, director of the Florida Death Row Advocacy Group, criticized the ruling as inhumane, saying "people in this nation have to realize that prisoners, including the ones on death row, are humans and should be treated as such."