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  3. After the horror became public in his hometown, Sylacauga, Alabama, city council president George Carlton told a reporter, "Thi

After the horror became public in his hometown, Sylacauga, Alabama, city council president George Carlton told a reporter, "Thi

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问题     After the horror became public in his hometown, Sylacauga,
Alabama, city council president George Carlton told a reporter, "This is
not the type of place that this happens. " A week ago, few people could【S1】________
have pointed out Sylacauga on a map. A tiny city of 13,000, halfway
between Birmingham and Montgomery, Sylacauga was known as for its【S2】________
white marble quarries,  textile mills and ice-cream factories. And last【S3】________
week Sylacauga became a chapter in the recent history of hatred.
    According to police, Steven Eric Mullins, 25, and Charles
Monroe Butler Jr. , 21, plotted for two weeks to murder Billy Jack
Gaither, 39.  In Feb. 19, they arranged to meet him at a Sylacauga【S4】________
bar and lured him to secluded area. There they beat him and【S5】________
dump him into the trunk of his car. They then drove about 15 miles to【S6】________
Peckerwood Creek. There, says Sheriff’s Deputy Al Bradley, "they
took him out of the trunk, took an ax handle and beat him to death. "
They set two old tires flame, says Bradley, " then they put the body on【S7】________
the fire. " They did it all, the deputy says, while Gaither was gay.【S8】________
    Gaither’s death has become a rallying point for gay-rights
organizations and state legislators’ pushing a bill that would extend【S9】________
Alabama’s three-year-old hate-crimes law beyond race, color, religion
and national origin to cover crimes related to sexual orientation as well.
"It’s fortunate that somebody  had to lose  his  life  in  order for this【S10】________
legislation to pick up momentum here in the state of Alabama," says
state Representative Alvin Holmes, who failed to get the original law
amended when it was passed in 1996.
【S5】
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