Neal Barrett - Judge Dredd

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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ISBN: 0-312-95628-2

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St. Martin’s Paperbacks edition / June 1995

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Today, rituals involving “prosecutors” and “defenders” occur only when a Judge is accused by his or her peers, a decidedly rare occasion, indeed.

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.