The law says if you murder someone you go to jail. Therefore, it’s following the law to murder someone as long as you take the punishment.

Of course not, the punishment is actually what happens because you disregarded and didn’t follow the law.

> The laws says if you do this, you owe a fine. If you pay the fine, it's following the law.

You're following the part of the law that punishes you for violating the other part of the law, not the law that originally punished you. This is an important distinction.

The law actually says it’s illegal to speed. It doesn’t say it’s ok to speed as long as you pay the fine.