This change in language was provided in the 1957 Act; the old language was considered anachronistic, as since the 1870s Britain had employed the ``long-drop'' method of hanging, which was held to cause near-instantaneous death. Simcox's date of execution was set for Tuesday 17 March 1964 at Winson Green Prison, Birmingham . However, his lawyers petitioned the Home Secretary, Henry Brooke, on the grounds that Simcox was still severely injured from his self-inflicted wounds, could not walk, and would probably have to be hanged in a wheelchair .
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