What is the difference between crimes commited in the first second and third degree?
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It depends on the intent when the crime was committed. Ex. Murder one is premeditated with malicious intent.
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Any crime that is punishable in the US and UK by one or more years imprisonment upon conviction\n\nOR \n\nConspiring to commit, aiding or abetting the commission of a crime that is punishable by one or more years imprisonment in both countries upon conviction.\n\nhttp://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/USExtradition_210503.pdf
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Okay our legal justice system does perceive that there is a difference in certain offenses obviously you have them confused....How dare you to compare the heinous crime of raping someone (A felony) to the illegal immigrant to the date a (Misdemeanor -- to mean minor crime)
683316
i think that sometimes, its a little harsh. the fact that like... your third strike can be something like, stealing a bag of cheetos and BAM-- life in prison. its a little weird. i think that each crime should be evaluated individually, and that often times, the first crime warrents prison time. i dont think the 3 strikes law is very good.
264508
There were three crimes.  One was implied, not shown.
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Depends on the state in which the crime is committed.  Edit your question and add info.
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The definitions of such things vary greatly by state. Where exactly is it you're talking about?\n\nEdit: Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Third Degree is a felony in MI. It can happen in several different situations:\n\n1) Sexual penetration with someone between the ages of 13 and 16\n2) Force or coercion is used to obtain sexual penetration\n3) The actor knows the person is mentally incapable or incapacitated, or physically helpless\n4) The person was related to the actor by blood to the third degree\n5) The other person is between 16 and 18 and a student at a school where the actor was a teacher or administrator, unless the student has been emancipated.
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both allow capital punishment.  until recently both allowed for the execution of people who had committed crimes as a juvenile, i believe.
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What book are you referring to?  Have you heard of California's "3-strikes" law? It's when a felon who's been convicted of 2 felonies is arrested and convicted for a 3rd felony. That felon is then sentenced to life in prison for being a repeat felony offender. Sound harsh? Read up on it more in your search engine, under "3-strikes law". \nPretty intersting stuff, and there's discussions on both sides of the topic.
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The level of intent and planning behind the act.\n\nExample:  A man hates his wife. He goes out and buys rat poison, fixes her a cup of coffee and puts the poison in it and makes sure she drinks it, causing her death.  First-degree murder.\n\nA man catches his wife in bed with another man. He grabs his gun out of the dresser and shoots them both in the heat of the moment.  Second-degree murder, since he hadn't planned on killing people, but the circumstances contributed to the killing.
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The only difference is how the law treats them.\n\nSome offenses are illegal and stupid. Some are just stupid.
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Yes the definitions are very different every state has its own penal code and is free to define crimes and punishments for them in any way they see fit.\n\n\nFor example:\n\nPennsylvania penal code [1] defines 2nd degree murder as "-A criminal homicide constitutes murder of the second degree when it is committed while defendant was engaged as a principal or\nan accomplice in the perpetration of a felony. "\n\nwhile \n\nNew york penal code defines 2nd degree murder COMPLETELY differently (see NY penal code 125.25)[2] as:\n A person is guilty of murder in the second degree when:\n\n 1. With intent to cause the death of another person, he causes the death of such person or of a third person;  except that in any prosecution under this subdivision, it is an affirmative defense that:\n\n  (a) The defendant acted under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance for which there was a reasonable explanation or excuse, the reasonableness of which is to be determined from the viewpoint of a person in the defendant's situation under the circumstances as the defendant believed them to be.  Nothing contained in this paragraph shall constitute a defense to a prosecution for, or preclude a conviction of, manslaughter in the first degree or any other crime;  or\n\n  (b) The defendant's conduct consisted of causing or aiding, without the use of duress or deception, another person to commit suicide.  Nothing contained in this paragraph shall constitute a defense to a prosecution for, or preclude a conviction of, manslaughter in the second degree or any other crime;  or\n\n 2. Under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby causes the death of another person;  or\n\n 3. Acting either alone or with one or more other persons, he commits or attempts to commit robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson, rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse, escape in the first degree, or escape in the second degree, and, in the course of and in furtherance of such crime or of immediate flight therefrom, he, or another participant, if there be any, causes the death of a person other than one of the participants;  except that in any prosecution under this subdivision, in which the defendant was not the only participant in the underlying crime, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant:\n\n  (a) Did not commit the homicidal act or in any way solicit, request, command, importune, cause or aid the commission thereof;  and\n\n  (b) Was not armed with a deadly weapon, or any instrument, article or substance readily capable of causing death or serious physical injury and of a sort not ordinarily carried in public places by law-abiding persons;  and\n\n  (c) Had no reasonable ground to believe that any other participant was armed with such a weapon, instrument, article or substance;  and\n\n  (d) Had no reasonable ground to believe that any other participant intended to engage in conduct likely to result in death or serious physical injury;  or\n\n 4. Under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, and being eighteen years old or more the defendant recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of serious physical injury or death to another person less than eleven years old and thereby causes the death of such person; or\n\n5. Being eighteen years old or more, while in the course of committing rape in the first, second or third degree, criminal sexual act in the first, second or third degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first, second, third or fourth degree, or incest as defined in section 255.25 of this chapter, against a person less than fourteen years old, he or she intentionally causes the death of such person.
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Depends on the state but here it is for Colorado:\n\nBurglary - a person enters unlawfully or remains unlawfully in a building or occupied structure with the intent to commit a crime therein against another person or property\n\n1st degree - and while entering or while in the building, or in flight therefrom, assaults or menaces any person or is armed with explosives or deadly weapon\n\n2nd degree - burglary of a dwelling\n                     the objective of the theft is a controlled substance (legal drugs such as found in pharmacies)\n\n3rd degree - breaking into a vending machine, safe, cash register, coin vending maching, product dispenser, coin telephone etc\n\nHope that helps\n\n(p.s dollar amount has to do with theft, because burglary isn't just about money, it can include criminal mischief, theft, etc)
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The grading of Crimes REALLY depends on the state.\nSo to answer your question I will use my own state's (Pennsylvania) law.\nIn Pennsylvania following grades of crime exist:\n\n   (1) Murder of the first degree, of the second degree or of the third degree, first degree murder of an unborn child, second degree murder of  an unborn child or third degree murder of an unborn child. (Possible death sentence or life in prison)\n \n   (2) Felony of the first degree. Example: Voluntary manslaughter -- 10+ years in jail.\n \n   (3) Felony of the second degree. <10 years in jail example: involuntary manslaughter\n \n   (4) Felony of the third degree. <7 years. example: Aggravated harassment \n \n   (5) Misdemeanor of the first degree. <5. example: possession of a Prohibited offensive weapons,\n \n   (6) Misdemeanor of the second degree. <2. example: False imprisonment\n \n   (7) Misdemeanor of the third degree. <1. example: Simple assault committed in a fight or scuffle entered into by mutual consent\n\nThere are also so called "Summary offenses" usually punishable by fines. For example: Parking Tickets
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It would be very difficult to find two identical crimes.\n\nwas the first bank robbery an armed robery?  \ndid the robbers have similar criminal records?\nhow much money was stolen?\n\nthose are some circumstances that pop into mind, but there are hundreds of little facts that could change the sentencing
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Grand larceny has four different degrees, each of them with different sentences. Grand larceny in the first degree, involving the theft of $1 million or more, is a Class B felony, and the maximum sentence is 25 years, the minimum not less than one year nor more than one-third of the maximum term imposed. Each lesser charge of grand larceny has a lower maximum. To see it all, go to the link below, and then find PEN (Penal) Title J, Article 155 for the definitions of Grand larceny and Title E, Article 70 for the sentences.
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Usually, it will be somewhere in the vincinity of a 2nd-4th degree felony, and each time you do it it is a new charge.  So, unless you want to spend alot of time in jail, don't do it