Washington: Prosecutors gave this guy a break on earlier DUI charge, then he got drunk and killed two teens on the eve of their high school graduation…nice job, prosecutors!

From  The Seattle Times:
A Kirkland man who was drunk when his SUV rear-ended a stalled Honda Civic, killing two teens on the eve of their high-school graduation last year, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of vehicular homicide. Alexander Peder, 50, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.16 percent — twice the legal limit — when his SUV
slammed into the teens’ disabled car in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near Southcenter on June 9. A half-empty bottle of vodka, purchased hours earlier, was found inside Peder’s vehicle, authorities said.  …..MORE

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