First-degree murder is a much more serious crime than third-degree murder, but a first-degree burn is a much LESS serious injury than a third-degree burn.

What's up with that?

there´s an end of the scale and an open end of the scale ..

In the New York justice system, second-degree murder is a more serious offense than first-degree murder.

I suppose the lesson you can take from this is that "the law is a ass, a idiot."

I suppose the lesson you can take from this is that "the law is a ass, a idiot."

What the Dickens do you mean by that?