yes, sometimes. Its mostly the opposite of what people expect, but truth is often stranger than fiction.
The MEV and Sandwicher attackers are legal, increase the transaction costs for everyone, skim profits from everyone and annoy everyone, the exploiter of a MEV bot gets charged and convicted.
I don't have any problem with that, I've analyzed the sentiment of discussion though.
I don't think anyone got charged and said code is law. Its more about who gets charged at all.
They certainly don’t accept “locks are law” or “finders keepers.”