Can sex offenders be barred from Facebook by the courts? The jury is still out. A federal court of appeals this week overturned an Indiana law that prohibited sex offenders from using Facebook and other social media networks. But that doesn’t mean potential predators have easy access to Facebook. It’s not the first time a state law has been ruled unconstitutional because it infringed on the right to free speech. Facing a similar ruling, Louisiana in August passed a law that requires convicted sex offenders to include their sex offender status in their profiles, as well as the type of offense and where it occurred. Violators face imprisonment with hard labor for a term between two and 10 years without parole and a fine up to $1,000.

LOS ANGELES, California — Tony Quarry suppressed his memories of being abused by a Roman Catholic priest for nearly 30 years and decided to sue only after finding out that his five brothers were molested by the same man – just to discover that it was too late. The state’s high court ultimately tossed out the brothers’ lawsuit because they missed a special legal window that allowed victims to sue over abuse claims decades after the fact. Their plight, however, has inspired new sex abuse legislation in California a decade after a similar bill cost the church hundreds of millions in civil settlements.

Crime Stoppers is offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to the killer of a young Macomb County couple. Tony Velez, 22, and his his girlfriend, 19-year-old Rosemary Chyz, were found dead in a field on Detroit’s east side on Oct. 24. Police say they had been robbed, their pockets turned inside out and their hands tied. Both had been shot in the head several times. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-SPEAK-UP or visit www.1800speakup.org . You can remain anonymous.

Forty-five years after schoolgirl Linda Stilwell disappeared from a Melbourne beach, dying killer, Derek Percy, has reportedly denied killing the seven year old. Percy, who is Victoria’s longest serving prisoner, is dying of cancer in a secure ward of St Vincent’s Hospital. He is understood to have denied any involvement in Linda’s death during an emergency bedside hearing of the Coroner’s Court, Fairfax reports. Percy, 64, has previously said he could not remember if he killed the seven-year-old, who disappeared from the St Kilda foreshore in 1968.

The Clearwater Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating Gilberto Juarez Hernandez on warrants charging with the July 19, 2003 murders of his girlfriend Petra Martin, 31, and her 2 year old son, Uriel. Detectives report that little Uriel was fighting cancer and was in remission from cancer after having just completed a round of chemotherapy. The reason for the murder is unknown.

A California mother is scheduled to appear in court on Monday after being accused of wrapping a chain around her son’s ankles and locking it. Irma Navarro, 37, was arrested last week on suspicion of willful child cruelty, according to a statement from the Santa Ana Police Department. She remains in custody. Navarro allegedly shackled her son because she did not want him “running the streets and getting into trouble or mixed up with the wrong group of kids while she was at work,” the statement said.

Oklahoma City, OK – Elizabeth Alberty, a 59-year-old Oklahoma woman, was jailed Monday after she allegedly used a hammer to cripple her 14-year-old son. According to Oklahoma City Police, officers were dispatched to an OKC residence after a man found a 14-year-old boy crawling on his hands and knees near his home.

The suicide of a 6-year-old Payette boy has disturbed many in the community and left many wondering if a child so young is even capable of such an act. At around 6:20 p.m. on June 3, Payette police received a call from a frantic mother that her son had attempted suicide and was non-responsive. This is only the fourth confirmed case of a 6-year-old committing suicide in the United States since 2007, Payette Police Chief Mark Clark said. Both the Payette and Fruitland police departments responded to the scene, as well as Payette Fire Rescue.

Las Vegas police charged a man Tuesday in the death of a 1-year-old boy. Bransen Locks, 36, who was in custody on unrelated arrest warrants, was charged with murder in the death of Bently Olsen after police said he caused injuries to the boy consistent with shaken baby syndrome. Bently was rushed to University Medical Center from Locks’ home in the 2600 block of Tenaya Way, near Smoke Ranch Road, in the early morning hours of May 19 with what medical personnel described as severe head injuries, including bleeding in the brain and “a noticeable midline shift of the brain.” Bently died on May 26 from his injuries.

Romulus, Michigan — A 5-year-old boy is dead after he was found unresponsive inside a hot car on New York Street in Romulus Sunday morning. Two young boys were being watched by their grandparents. Neighbors say the grandparents were inside the home napping when one boy went missing. READ MORE HERE

BRENTWOOD, N.H. — A New Hampshire woman accused of failing to get help for her beaten and burned 3-year-old son has pleaded guilty to several charges and has been sentenced to at least 2 1/2 years in prison. Prosecutors recovered a video last year of 24-year-old Jessica Linscott of Plaistow and her boyfriend, Roland Dow, prepping the child before the arrival of a social worker who was checking on him. Three weeks later, little James was hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury and burns to his wrist and fingers. The couple were arrested two weeks later at a Florida theme park.

The jailed mother of tortured Baby P is seeking parole and could be released from prison ‘within weeks’, it has emerged. Tracey Connelly, 32, has spent just four years behind bars for her role in the death that shocked Britain, and even her own mother said of her bid for freedom: ‘She should never come out’. Connelly was jailed indefinitely in 2009 after she admitted doing nothing while her little boy was tortured to death by her boyfriend Steven Barker and his pedophile brother Jason Owen. Peter was just 17-months-old when he was found dead in his blood-spattered cot at his mother’s north London flat, after suffering a cataloge of horrifying injuries including a broken back. Taking into account the time Connelly spent on remand, she has now served her minimum term of five years, and has applied to The Parole Board to have her case reviewed.

So far, 15 children have died of heatstroke after being left alone in cars, this summer. More than 500 have died since 1998, and 73 percent of those cases were babies under the age of 2. Red Castle Productions has created a PSA to prevent more tragedies. In the powerful video above, actors reenact what could happen if a child is left in a car for a short time — it can take as little as 15 minutes to suffer life-threatening injuries. The video also shows what to do if you ever notice a child alone in a car.

The mission of Project Unbreakable is to increase awareness of the issues surrounding sexual assault and encourage the act of healing through art. Since the project’s conception in October 2011, it has featured over two thousand images of sexual assault survivors holding posters with quotes from their attackers. Project Unbreakable has been featured media outlets such as Glamour, TIME, The Huffington Post, and The Guardian. If you are interested in participating by submitting in your own image, you may send an email to projectunbreakablesubmissions @gmail.com. All other questions/concerns can be sent to projectunbreakable@gmail.com.