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Judge Jura Edgar is a fictional character in the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD. She was the head of the Public Surveillance Unit from 2100 to 2122, and then the governor of a prison farm in the Cursed Earth. John Burns with a copy of small-press magazine FutureQuake For other people named Burns, see Burns (disambiguation). ... This article is about the the comic-book character. ... Cover of the first issue of 2000 AD, 26 February 1977. ... The Public Surveillance Unit or PSU is a fictional institution in the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD. It was introduced in prog 959. ... 2100 can refer to either: The year at the end of the 21st century. ... The 22nd century (Gregorian calendar) will comprise the years 2101-2200. ... A Prison farm is a large correctional facility where hard labor convicts are put to productive use, usually for manual labor, largely in open air, such as in agriculture, logging, quarrying etcetera. ... The Cursed Earth is a part of the fictional universe recounted in the Judge Dredd series that appears in the UK comic book 2000 AD. Following the Atomic Wars of 2070 most of the U.S.A. became a radioactive wasteland. ...

Edgar became head of PSU when she lost the use of her legs after receiving a back injury when wounded in the line of duty. She moved around using a hoverchair (anti-gravity wheelchair), and becamse renowned for her strict discipline and high expectations of her staff. She became PSU's longest serving head, serving twenty-two years. She occasionally used the wealth of confidential information at her disposal to play power games with other judges to increase her own influence. This led people to compare her to the 20th century FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, and she acquired the nickname "J. Edgar Hover" (only ever used behind her back). Hoover in 1961 John Edgar Hoover KBE (January 1, 1895 â€“ May 2, 1972) was the founder of the FBI in its present form and its director from May 10, 1924 until his death in 1972. ...

In 2117 she was discovered to be illicitly keeping sensitive information on other senior judges, which had been compiled by Judge Cal for the purposes of blackmail when he was head of the SJS, the Judges' internal affairs division. Chief Judge Volt decided to take no action against her, but when Judge Hershey succeeded him as chief judge in 2122, Hershey immediately had Edgar arrested and investigated by the SJS. On trial before the Council of Five, Edgar defended herself with skill and defiance. She briskly and brusquely discredited what had initially seemed to be overwhelming evidence, reducing the prosecution case to nothing more than empty innuendo, and claimed that the charge was politically-motivated. Chief Judge Cal is a fictional character in the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD. He was loosely based on the real life Roman Emperor Caligula, who was insane. ... The SJS or Special Judicial Service, in the fictional Judge Dredd universe created by 2000 AD, are sometimes referred to as the Judges of the Judges. ... Chief Judge Hadrian Volt is a fictional character from the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD. He was chief judge of Mega-City One between 2116 and 2121. ... Judge Barbara Hershey is a fictional character, part of the fictional universe recounted in the Judge Dredd series that appears in the UK comic book 2000 AD. Shortly after her graduation from the Academy of Law, Judge Hershey was the surprise choice to join the crew of the Justice 1... The Council of Five is a fictional legislative body in the Judge Dredd universe. ...

Besides the seniority of the defendant, Edgar's trial is also notable for being the only occasion when Judge Dredd ever sat on the Council – having always declined a permanent seat – when he agreed to sit in an absent seat to make up the numbers for the duration of the trial. This article is about the the comic-book character. ...

Although Edgar was acquitted of all criminal charges, she was still dismissed from office by Chief Judge Hershey. Judge Niles, who was head of SJS and who had personally led the investigation (and brought the whole affair to Hershey's attention in the first place), was transferred from SJS to take over command of the PSU.

Edgar was demoted to the lowly position of commanding Cursed Earth Correctional Facility 17, where she remains.

During the "Chief Judge's Man" story arc she was astonished to be asked to help Dredd catch the killer although there is clearly too much bad blood for the two to ever reconcile. While head of PSU she forced Dredd's friend Demarco out of the Justice Department, as well as numerous other run-ins with Dredd.

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