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Botched Execution Top AP Oklahoma Story Of 2014

Oklahoma Department of Corrections
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Oklahoma Watch

The botched execution of Clayton Lockett in April has been voted Oklahoma's top story for 2014.

Lockett's execution prompted the state to impose a moratorium on executions and led to new discussions on the future of the death penalty.

Court action legalizing gay marriages was voted second by Associated Press members, and a workplace beheading in Moore is third.

A series of sexual-assault charges against Oklahoma lawmen is fourth and troubles within Oklahoma's public school system is fifth.

The selection of Kevin Durant as the NBA's MVP was next, followed by a U.S. Supreme Court decision that lets Hobby Lobby bypass a portion of the nation's new health care law.

Incessant earthquakes are eighth, followed by Tom Coburn's leaving the U.S. Senate and the lodging of immigrant children at Fort Sill.

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