In the vast majority of states, there is no criminal offense identified as "third-degree murder." Only three states—Florida, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota—have laws on their books setting forth the elements and potential penalties for such a homicide offense.| GetLegal
The killing of another human being has been considered a crime for most of recorded history. The Code of Hammurabi, estimated to have been written nearly two thousand years before the beginning of the common era, addressed homicide in its first law.| GetLegal