by Neal Barrett
Lackard looked at him a long moment. “That won’t be necessary. We… Central broadcast the Janus plans in the clear. After Griffin’s death. Everyone knows what happened in there. We, ah, owe you a debt of gratitude, Judge Dredd.”
Not Joseph Dredd this time. Judge Dredd…
Dredd looked out at the crowd, the men and women he respected, the Law, the only life he knew.
“We have to reorganize the Council,” Lackard said. “We’d like you to consider the position of Chief Justice.”
“Thank you. I’m honored.” Dredd nodded to his right. “I recommend Judge Hershey, sir.”
The Judge Hunter nodded. “Would you consider it, Judge Hershey?”
Hershey looked astonished. “I—are you sure?”
“Don’t be dumb, Hershey,” Dredd said. “It’s a good career move.”
“Let me think about it, sir,” Hershey said.
Dredd looked pained. “Don’t think, Hershey. Do it. Haven’t I taught you anything?”
Dredd turned and walked away. He spotted a Lawmaster standing ready and headed for it. Hershey followed him, stepped in his path.
“That’s it, huh? A near-death experience and no goodbye.”
“Hershey.”
“What?”
“Good-bye.”
Hershey grinned. “You’re hopeless, Dredd. Totally hopeless.” She touched the back of his neck, drew him close and kissed him full on the mouth, before he could pull away.
“That’s a Code Two-One-Two,” Dredd said. “Illegal Physical Contact with a Judge.”
“No. That’s a One-Three-Seven. You, impersonating a groon, Dredd. You’re human. You don’t have to fake it, friend.”
Dredd threw his leg over the saddle of the Lawmaster. He looked at Hershey and grinned. “Typical behavior, Hershey. I knew you’d say that.”
“Yeah? You think you know everything, Dredd. You don’t. There’s a hell of a lot of stuff you don’t know.”
Dredd thought about that. Decided she was right. He gripped the control bar of the Lawmaster, let the engine whine up to a roar, a thunder of raw power that trembled off the walls of Red Quad, and drowned every sound in Dredd’s world…
In Judge Hershey’s second year as Chief Justice, the Lady Liberty—or Statue of Liberty as it was known in the Way Back When—was ordered completely restored, and placed in a prominent position in the plaza across from the Hall of Justice.
While the Council felt this statue did not entirely reflect Mega-City’s current standards of Justice, it was the majority opinion—under the leadership of Chief Justice Hershey—that the presence of the Lady Liberty underscored the need for reforms in several areas of criminal and civil law.
—History of the Mega-Cities
James Olmeyer, III
Chapter XLI: “The Hershey Years”
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Copyright
Published by arrangement with Cinergi Pictures Entertainment Inc. and Cinergi Productions N.V. Inc.
First published in Great Britain in 1995 by Boxtree Ltd.
JUDGE DREDD
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Copyright © 1995 Cinergi Pictures Entertainment Inc. and Cinergi Productions N.V. Inc. All rights reserved.
Cover photograph by Terry O’Neill.
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St. Martin’s Paperbacks edition / June 1995
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Notes
1
Today, rituals involving “prosecutors” and “defenders” occur only when a Judge is accused by his or her peers, a decidedly rare occasion, indeed.
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2
The author can certainly vouch for one particular “character” of the era, Cadet James Olmeyer, who was the author’s paternal grandfather. As every reader will likely know, “Cadet” Olmeyer became Judge Olmeyer, Council Judge Olmeyer, and, finally, Chief Justice Olmeyer.
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