Story: "Trial and Error" (56 Pages) "Chapter One: In Which The Punishment Almost Fits The Crime"
"Chapter Two: In Which Consequences Are Found To Have Consequences"
"Chapter Three: In Which Justice And Irony Become Strangely Synonymous"

Credits:

Len Wein (plot, script)
Brian Apthorp (pencils)
Scott Hampton (inks)
Todd Klein (letters)
Daniel Vozzo (colors, color separations)
Neil Gaiman (consultant)
Jennifer Lee (assistant edits)
Alisa Kwitney (edits)

Feature Characters:

Abel
Cain (both in between Dreaming #26 and #27)

Supporting Characters:

Gregory
Goldie (both in between Dreaming #26 and #27)
Matthew the Raven (in between Dreaming #25 and #28)
Mervyn Pumpkinhead
Eve (both in between Dreaming #24 and #28)
Lucien the Librarian (last in Dreaming #24; next in Books of Magic Vol. 2 #51)
Gryphon
Wyvern, and Hippograff (all three as the Guardians of Dream's Castle; all three in between Dreaming #23 and #37)
Corinthian II (in between Dreaming #21 and #35)
Cluracan
Nuala (both last in Dreaming #16; both next in Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2/8)
Mad Hettie (in between Dreaming #7 and #28)
Hob Gadling (last in Sandman Vol. 2 #73)
Rose Walker (last in Sandman Vol. 2 #72)
Mildred
Mordred, and Cynthia (as the Three Witches; all three last in Sandman Vol. 2 #69)
the Fashion Thing (last in Dreaming #23)
Bigmouth (Judge Gallows' club, last in Unexpected #??)
the House of Mystery (in between Dreaming #26 and #27)

Villains:

Judge Quentin Gallows (last in Unexpected #??; dies)
a rogue jury of dreamers (including Hitler, Genghis Khan, Billy the Kid, and others)
hooligans of the waking world

Guest Appearances:

Tim Hunter (in between Books of Magic Vol. 2 #50 and #51)
Dream II (behind the scenes; next in Dreaming #29)

Other Characters:

Mervyn's building crew (last in Dreaming #15)
Randy Becker
Gwyneth Gilliam
Grace Gilliam
Panduraha Singh (dies?)
Herriet Feinberg
Tiffany (dies)
Rachel Mandlebaum

Synopsis:

Abel, fed up with being murdered time and again by his brother Cain, brings back the Dreaming’s insane judge, Quentin Gallows, from obscurity. The two of them take Cain to court with the matter. The jury finds Cain guilty as original sin, and Gallows sentences him to be banished from the Dreaming forever.

However, Abel soon starts to miss the abuse he has grown accustomed to, and even the universe itself seems to miss the cathartic effect of the first murderer and the first victim playing their violent games in the Dreaming. Chaos erupts in both the Dreaming and the Waking World, and Abel must leave the dream realm to find Cain...