What Meese said was that one who is not guilty is not a suspect. This is true. Neidorf is not guilty, therefore Neidorf was not a suspect, therefore Cook had no right to prosecute him, therefore Cook should be in prison for kidnapping. That was part of the purpose of the prosecution. They can't be protected.
Nobody has any protection from overzealous or evil prosecutors.
It's called prosecutorial immunity. Until we get rid of it we are at the mercy of folks like Cook, but prosecutorial immunity is forever. Neidorf won't get paid for what Cook has cost him. The only people involved in a persecution who get paid anything significant are those who participate voluntarily, and not all of them. Here is a text file I wrote when SJG Gurps Cyberpunk was first released.