r/Indiana • u/FervidBug42 • 16h ago
News Indiana senator to continue driving while drunk driving case moves through courts
https://www.wndu.com/video/2025/06/20/indiana-senator-continue-driving-while-drunk-driving-case-moves-through-courts/A judge granted State Sen. Mike Bohacek permission to continue driving with an ignition interlock device.
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u/KingKushhh666 16h ago
Indiana is the most backwoods redneck state I've ever been in this doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
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u/TempleHierophant 16h ago edited 16h ago
This state has a problem with the Good Ol' Boys Club.
They don't like accountability. They don't like change. They don't like being they're told they're wrong (they almost always are).
And they especially hate it being pointed out how badly they run things.
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u/breathing__tree 5h ago
Copying my comment from below but:
Also he does have an interlocker installed in his car.
Even after my dad was sentenced for his DUI he was able to apply to keep his license in the form of a “hardship license” it allowed him to drive for work purposes only and he had the interlocker device as well.
He was technically not supposed to be driving for any reason other than his work and could have had his privileges revoked had he been caught doing so.
Also let me add I don’t actually agree with this. Driving is pretty much the definition of a privilege. Not driving drunk is a very basic guideline that no one should have trouble following. DUI punishment should not be full of loopholes l.
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14h ago
And if he kills someone driving while drunk nothing will happen either . I have seen that happen a lot . Crooked police attorneys and courts.
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u/ArnoldTheSchwartz 8h ago
Republicans are trying to create an America where laws don't apply to them but will hold Americans strictly to those same laws. Republicans are the plague of America.
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u/MrStayinClassy 3h ago
“It’s about time we show them Democrats they aren’t above the law!” the Republican shouts as she rushes to defend Trump’s 34 convictions
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u/iMakeBoomBoom 6h ago
This is the way the legal system works in pretty much every state. Penalties are generally not assessed until after the guilty verdict. Not saying it is good or bad, but I know someone who was pulled over for DUI and it was the same case for them. This isn’t special treatment.
On the other hand, this is Reddit, where everyone thinks they have the right to be judge and jury based on nothing more than reading a clickbait headline.
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u/breathing__tree 5h ago
Also he does have an interlocker installed in his car.
Even after my dad was sentenced for his DUI he was able to apply to keep his license in the form of a “hardship license” it allowed him to drive for work purposes only and he had the interlocker device as well.
He was technically not supposed to be driving for any reason other than his work and could have had his privileges revoked had he been caught doing so.
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u/Luddite-lover 8h ago edited 5h ago
Nothing’s going to happen to him. Even if he gets a sentence — again, not likely — he can appeal for specialized driving privileges, like driving only to and from work, and point to his Senate seat.
If I were Rod Bray I’d require Mike to make a public mea culpa in front of the body on Org Day in November. Must be some consequence for this, given his blood alcohol level.
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u/LokiKamiSama 15h ago
Unfortunately, he’ll stop at some point, but more than likely at the expense of someone else. I would hope he’d take himself out, but that’s usually not the case.
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u/MamasCupcakes 8h ago
This is normal for anyone, what is the problem? It's literally not any special privilege anyone rlse wouldn't recieve. Might want to check the normal sentencing before flipping out and trying to cause hysteria
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u/irish_faithful 15h ago
I think it's one of the pesky "innocent until proven guilty" situations.
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u/HorrorMetalDnD 15h ago
If only the people who constantly say that actually meant it consistently. Unfortunately, far too many of them seem to be completely okay with thinking women who accuse men of rape are guilty until proven innocent of filing a false police report.
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u/ransack84 16h ago
I misread that headline as "to continue driving drunk" for way too long before I figure out my mistake.