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What a creep!

That was the point I was making. They did not follow the law by bringing only her, and thus, she could not lawfully be charged with the crime of adultery.

Because dealing with crime is one thing, and dealing with sin is another. A Christian who repents of his murder has had his sin dealt with, but not his crime. David was charged with the crime of murder, but being the highest human authority in the land, ultimately, his fate was up to God, both...

Because He Himself paid the penalty for all sin, including David's, the adulterous woman's, Paul's... by dying on the cross, for "the wages of sin is death" but "the gift of God is eternal life." For those before that event, He was looking forwards to the cross. And of course, for those...

The argument against that is that God did not repeal the death penalty when he forgave David, Paul, the adulterous woman brought before Jesus, etc. He alone has the authority to forgive those who wronged Him by sinning. Just because He forgave some does nothing to repeal the laws that those...

The answer is grace. David, and Saul, and Rahab, and others, are the "exceptions that prove the rule." All of them had faith in God, and specifically in David and Saul's/Paul's case, and almost certainly Rahab's case, they humbled themselves and repented of their sin and asked for forgiveness...