![]() Fargo concludes that Griffin is trying to reactivate the Janus project, and begs Dredd to stop him.īack in Mega-City One, Rico creates panic by assassinating 108 Judges in two days. Since he and Rico share the same DNA, Dredd deduces that Rico framed him for the reporter's murder. Dredd was forced to judge Rico guilty for murdering civilians, but instead of being executed Rico was sent to Aspen by Judge Griffin. However, while Dredd became the ideal Judge that the Council hoped for, Rico's personality twisted and he instead became the perfect criminal. ![]() DNA from the Council Judges was combined to create two clones, Dredd and Rico.īoth were given artificial memories of childhood, and they became close friends. Before dying, Fargo reveals the secrets of Dredd's past: Dredd is the result of the Janus project, an experiment in genetic engineering intended to create the perfect Judge. Fargo arrives just in time to save Dredd's life, but is mortally wounded by Mean Machine Angel. A squad of Judges tracks Dredd to the Angel Gang's camp and a battle ensues. While passing over the Cursed Earth the ship is shot down by the Angel Gang, a family of cannibalistic Mutant scavengers who capture Dredd and Herman. Griffin, who freed Rico and had him frame Dredd for the murder, succeeds Fargo as Chief Justice and instructs Rico to sow chaos throughout the city.ĭredd finds himself seated next to Herman Ferguson on a transport ship to the Aspen Penal Colony. Dredd is sentenced to life imprisonment while Fargo embarks on his "long walk", a tradition in which a retiring Judge ventures into the "Cursed Earth" wasteland "to bring law to the lawless". Fargo steps down as Chief Justice, asking as his last request that the Council spare Dredd's life. Dredd is found guilty based on DNA evidence: The Lawgiver encodes the DNA of the wielder onto each round fired, and the DNA from the murder weapon matches Dredd's. Hershey acts as Dredd's defense lawyer in a trial before a tribunal of Council Judges including Dredd's mentor Chief Justice Fargo and Judge Griffin. A news reporter critical of Dredd is soon murdered, and Dredd is the chief suspect. Rico Dredd, a former Judge turned psychopathic murderer, escapes from prison and reclaims his Judge's uniform and " Lawgiver" gun as well as a decommissioned combat robot. Herman Ferguson a hacker recently released from prison, is caught in the firefight and hides inside a food dispensing robot, only to be arrested by Dredd and sentenced to five years' imprisonment for tampering with city property. The most dedicated " Street Judge" in Mega-City One is Judge Dredd, who assists Judge Hershey in ending a block war. The majority of humanity resides in huge Mega-Cities, where the traditional justice system has been replaced by a corps of Judges whose role combines those of police officer, judge, jury, and executioner. In the 3rd millennium, much of Earth has become an uninhabitable wasteland.
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