Whether a law is fair or just is in the eye of the
beholder -- it's a matter of opinion. Therefore, when someone violates a law they are
subject to whatever punishment the law specifies. It does not matter whether they think
the law is just or unjust.
Many people (like Henry David
Thoreau or Martin Luther King, Jr) have argued that people should violate laws that they
think are unjust. However, such people still must be punished if laws are to have any
meaning. If you could break a law just because you say it
is unjust, we would be left in a situation of anarchy.
So
the short answer to your question is that you get punished just the same no matter
whether the law is just or not.
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