No longer used to Earth's gravity, Rico loses and Joe shoots him dead in self-defence. He comes after Joe for revenge, challenging him to a fast draw. In 2099, Rico Dredd returns to Earth after serving his 20-year sentence. Joe Dredd continues operating as a judge, quickly gaining a reputation throughout the city as a formidable and incorruptible law enforcement agent. Rico asks Joe to help him cover his crimes, but Joe arrests his brother instead, sentencing him to 20 years of hard labour on the penal colony on Saturn's moon Titan (a typical punishment for corrupt Judges). Joe later discovers Rico has embraced corruption, engaging in multiple crimes including murder, justifying his actions by saying Judges are thugs and killers by nature. Joe's final assessment is done under the supervision of Judge Morphy, who is impressed with the young man and passes him. Rico graduates at the top of their class in 2079, with Joseph graduating second. In the wake of World War III, the office of the President is retired and the Judges now have full control over what's left of America.ĭistinguishing themselves, the Dredds are fast-tracked through the Academy of Law. After the Battle of Armageddon in 2071, President "Bad Bob" Booth is captured, tried for war crimes, and sentenced to suspended animation. Three weeks later, Fargo is placed in suspended animation and the Dredd brothers return to the Academy. He openly tells them his doubts regarding the Justice Department, wondering if the system has taken away "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" while trying to instill strict order and control. ![]() Seeing them as kin, Fargo recruits Joe and Rico to be his temporary bodyguards. During the war, they discover their clone-father Eustace Fargo is still alive, hidden by higher ranking judges. ![]() They make their first kills stopping a rape gang but are unable to prevent Kinnison's death in action. Cadets Joe Dredd and Rico Dredd are temporarily made full judges to help restore order under the supervision of Judge Kinnison, despite being physically and mentally only nine years old. ![]() In 2070, the corrupt President Robert Linus Booth starts World War III, also known as the Atomic Wars, and the Judges move to restore order to the panic-stricken public.
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