As a now-forgotten Sunday-morning chatter announced in horror: “This could cause people to think that the rich can buy their way out of the justice system.”
No shit.
Been going to Texas prisons for a long time. Seen nobody rich on Death Row yet. You mean money has something to do with justice in this country?

Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]

Essay (2001-04), “Wake Me When We’re Equal,” The Progressive, Vol. 65, No. 4
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A shortened form (which is more widely quoted) was given in a Progressive memorial article for Ivins:

Sunday-morning chatter announced in horror: "People may think the rich can buy their way out of the justice system." No shit. Been going to Texas prisons for a long time. Seen nobody rich on Death Row yet. You mean MONEY has something to do with justice in this country?