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Elite Investigative Journal
Marquis Burnett: Ex-con Turned Entrepreneuer, pg 14-21
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Marquis Burnett was born and tough lessons. home after he had to stay P

in Philadelphia and was for detention. R
raised by his father Marquis began hanging E

Marquis Burnett Sr in with the wrong crowd, us- Marquis was sent to N
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ing drugs and hanging in Schaffner Juvenile Deten- U
Marquis lost his mother at the streets. Since luck was tion Center seven times E

the age of 7 and relocated not on his side, he soon over the course of four R
to Harrisburg on 9/11. Yes, began paying the price of years and was sent to

when the Twin Towers the street life. At the ear- three Juvenile placement
were under siege. Losing liest age of 12, Marquis facilities: George Junior,
his mother at this early was expelled from school Glen Mills, and Loysville

tinder age was incompre- for smoking weed in the YDC. Though Marquis
hensible. The hope and stairwell but not before successfully completed

anticipation of a new be- he was charged with theft George Junior in 90 days;
ginning led to a hard head for stealing a bike to ride he didn’t learn much in

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