The law should [i]follow[/i] from morality. The law itself is not a metric for ethics. Things are not wrong because they are illegal - things (ideally) are illegal because they're wrong.
Slavery was legally sanctioned.
Segregation and apartheid were legally sanctioned.
Even the Holocaust was legally sanctioned.
The two concepts aren't exclusive, but it's important to recognize that morality is what guides laws, not the other way around.
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I agree. Unfortunately, you'll find a lot of people who believe that law & order should be maintained at all costs, even when they [i]know[/i] that injustice has occurred.