In theory our governments are elected by us to server our interests. They're supposed to balance our competing demands (lower taxes, higher expenditure) and keep us individually and collectively safe at the very least (the minimalist night-watchman theory of government).
The executive government (such as prosecutors and police) are not there to selectively apply laws and principles to only those people and activities they especially disapprove of.
Why is Julian Assange being prosecuted, but the majority of those whose wrongdoings WikiLeaks uncovered are NOT being prosecuted?
And going deeper, if there are laws which are capable of resulting in negative outcomes for democracy, surely they themselves should be immediately up for review and retro-active application. If a law intended to safeguard our nation has the negative side-effect of concealing wrong-doing and anti-democratic behavior, then we need to review that law, and then review potentially wrong convictions that were based on it.
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