1st degree murder is worse.
1st degree is worse because you get a longer prison sentence and you plan on the murder, you go into the crime intentionally killing that person.
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Third degree is the most severe.
1st degree is the more severe charge?
Since the question was put into the Crime and Criminal Law category, the answer is given in that context. First is worse than second in the sense that a crime of the first degree is worse than a crime of the second degree. First degree murder will call for a more severe penalty than will second degree murder.
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"Bad" is positive. The corresponding comparative is "worse" and the superlative is "worst".
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