AFTER DNA TESTS showed he was innocent of a 1987 rape conviction, Clarence Harrison exited the Georgia prison system in 2004 to encounter the world of the Internet and other technological marvels that had developed during his nearly 18 years behind bars.

But a less appealing welcome was also awaiting Harrison: a $97,513 tab the state of Georgia handed him for back child support and the social services provided to the wife and two daughters he left in the outside world-including, of course, accrued interest.

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