May 28th, 1990. On his namesake talk show, Geraldo guages reaction to Richard Essen, a lawyer who has represented 4,000 drunk driving clients, and lost only 20 cases. He describes some of the techniques used to win acquittals.
“..Now here’s the rub….how many of you wouldn’t hesitate to call this guy! You’d be on the phone to him in two minutes, because you don’t want your behind behind bars — that’s the reality.”
Every day, about 34 people die in car accidents where alcohol was involved.
This day, Geraldo Rivera’s show history.