@ Shua and falling morgan: Your smartassed self-rightousness comments aside, I assure you both I've done more to fight government over-reaching than either of you have.
I have a great sympathy for the plaintiff here, and feel he should've been allowed to sue for false arrest and the humiliation he suffered as a result of the cavity search taken into account for damages. But that doesn't effect whether someone actually placed in incarceration post-arrest (most dui's, for example, wind up released after citation and non-jail booking) can smuggle in drugs or weapons to a jai. This is a VERY common occurrence. The results would be disastrous.
Your initial response sounded as though you were happy with the decision because it was in your professional interest as a prosecutor to charge people with drug possession. If your concern has instead to do with the safety of the jail environment, then I can respect that even if I disagree with your position on this decision.
It's likely you have done more to fight government over-reaching than I have (though you haven't given any examples in answer to my question) - just as I imagine you have done more than I have to promote it, since I haven't been in a position to do much of either.
