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SOCPA

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SOCPASerious Organised Crime and Police Act (UK)
SOCPASaudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants (Saudi Arabia)
SOCPASyracuse-Onondaga County Planning Agency (New York)
SOCPASouth Orange County Pediatric Associates (California)


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SOCPA allows a defendant credit for turning Queen's evidence - similar to legislation used in Mafia trials in Italy.
To illustrate the spatial nature of this instrument of state control, we present the case of Maya Evans, who was the first person to be charged under section 132 of the SOCPA, which requires protestors to obtain police permission before demonstrating within one kilometre of the House of Commons/Parliament (Tare Museum 2008).
The five campaigners were reported or arrested under SOCPA provisions while taking part in the peaceful demo.
 
 
 
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