THE third degree is the infliction of physical or mental suffering to obtain a confession or other information about a crime. It is illegal, unconstitutional, inhumane, yet its use by police and ...

Changes to jury instructions on what constitutes third-degree murder is opening the door to stiffer penalties for dangerous ...

I will call it ignorance to the third degree. Let me give an example of it from someone with whom my interlocutor would never suspect he could be compared.

The "third degree" means the big examination given to him at Headquarters by the chief of the Detective Bureau and whatever subordinates he may employ in the operation when the case warrants it.

Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin now faces an additional murder charge in the death of George Floyd after a Hennepin County judge reinstated a count of third-degree murder on Thursday.

Research suggests that the nation’s researchers need to make some changes. Doctoral researchers, graduate students, foundations and professional societies are developing a consensus that the … ...