FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A repeat DUI offender is now facing the chance of becoming a convicted killer.

Daniel Lemus sat shackled in a red jumpsuit for his first court appearance Monday.

Investigators say Lemus was driving drunk when he hit a car at a red light at Manning and Mendocino on November 7th.

He then sped off, striking another car and killing the 17-year-old driver inside.

Advocates against drunk driving are now expressing their outrage that Lemus was back behind the wheel in the first place.

"To have someone back out on the road, right after having killed someone, and then to kill someone again, it's a giant failure of our society," said Tara Repka Flores.

Repka Flores joined Mothers Against Drunk Driving after her own 13-year-old son was killed in 2019, and now fi

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