Harris County Exonerations, and Houston’s Cost of Living: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the News

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week's news, we turn to our rotating panel of "non-experts" to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all.

This week, our panel weighs in on Harris County leading the nation in exonerations and a new report saying Houston has the sixth-lowest cost of living among major US cities.

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Mary Flood, a blogger and legal consultant with Androvett Legal Media & Marketing
• Lisa Falkenberg, columnist for the Houston Chronicle;
• Vlad Davidiuk, a conservative writer and political analyst;