Rico Dredd You want fear? I'm fear. You want chaos? I'm the chaos. You want a beginning? Here - I am the new beginning! Rico Dredd Now who says politics is boring? Chief Justice Fargo Joseph Dredd, you are aware that the law allows only one punishment for your crime. Death. However, it has long been our custom to carry out the last order of a retiring senior judge. And so, I step down. As I leave, to take my long walk into the cursed earth, I ask that this court honor my last order: be lenient with Judge Dredd, in gratitude for his years of service.