Do you consider "the law" to be perfect, Pete? That it serves everyone equally and fairly, regardless of colour creed, sexual-orientation or wealth and always sees that the guilty are punished and the innocent absolved?
Do you consider "The Rule of Law" and "Ethics" to be the same thing or, at least, if not the same thing exactly then never in conflict with each other?
What does that even mean? Equally in what way? To Whom?
(...incidentally, I think we both know there is one law for the powerful and another for the Chelsea Mannings of this world, don't we?)