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Inmate at Licking receives six-figure payout from state after assault - Houston Herald

Missouri officials have paid a six-figure bill to end a dispute over injuries suffered by a prisoner who was attacked by another inmate in 2018.Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office reported Thursday that a check for $330,111 was issued in connection with convicted murderer Christopher Spates, who sued the state in 2018 after he was attacked in his cell at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking.In his suit, Spates said he was beaten …