Generally, though, killing a judge will likely earn it.
The death penalty seems to exist depending on the writer. Sometimes it feel like that instead of Lawful Neutral taken to the extreme, the Judges feels more like your average Neutral Evil dictatorship that will break its own laws just to stay in power. And even if he did somehow break the law, they cannot legally kill him, and can only at most give him life in prison. Also, in the Judge Anderson story 'Satan', the Judges secretly killed a Christian minister for challenging the Judges system, even though they themselves admit that he didn't break any laws in giving public speeches, he didn't even resist when Anderson arrested him. For example, it has been repeatedly stated that Mega-City One doesn't have the death penalty, but in the 'Judge Dredd in America' story, Dredd ordered the Judges to open fire on the Total War terrorist even though they have clearly surrendered and should have been arrested instead. For a society that is supposed to be all about following the letter of the law, the Judges (including Dredd) seems to have no problem with breaking the rules if it serves them. It's worth noting that in "Closet", the much publicised Dredd fetish club is not arrested for any perverse sexual practice, but for Jimping. Death is only for criminals found guilty of enormous crimes, like Judge Kraken and Silver being executed for their actions in Necropolis. Likely the same as almost every other crime, Iso-Cube imprisonment. What is the penalty for crimes of a sexually perverse nature?. Bringing frivolous lawsuits tends to bring stiff penalties. 
As it turns out, yes, judges do preside over civil courts.How are legal matters of a non criminal matter like lawsuits or divorce handled? Do the judges get called in to resolve those with their words being final?.
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