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Originally published March 13, 2013 at 5:51 PM | Page modified March 13, 2013 at 5:53 PM

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Judge: 50 years for eye-gouging prison assault

A convicted killer has been sentenced to another 50 years in prison for an attack that gouged out the eyes of a fellow Washington state prison inmate.

The Associated Press

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SPOKANE, Wash. —

A convicted killer has been sentenced to another 50 years in prison for an attack that gouged out the eyes of a fellow Washington state prison inmate.

Michael L. West Jr. was convicted of first-degree assault in the Oct. 10, 2010, attack in the Airway Heights Corrections Center near Spokane.

On Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Tari Eitzen made the 50-year sentence consecutive to West's existing sentence. That means he won't be eligible for parole until 2098, when he would be 121 years old. West previously was convicted of killing a fellow inmate in 2004.

The Spokesman-Review reports that the judge also ordered more than $70,000 in restitution to cover the medical bills of Chad Bolstad, who was permanently blinded in the attack.

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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesman.com

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