The Supreme Court ruled today that a jury should get to decide how much a natural gas distribution company should have to pay in criminal fines for illegally storing mercury at a Rhode Island facility. Split 6-3, the court found that juries, not judges, have to make factual findings that determine how much a criminal fine will be. That includes the question of how long a violation occurred in situations in which fines are imposed on a per-day basis. Go to story #1