Baltimore Community Reels as Local Basketball Hero’s Murderer Given Life Sentence Plus Three Years
BALTIMORE, MD — A Baltimore court has imposed a life sentence plus three additional years on Dayrel McFarland after finding him guilty of the murder of Jamal Barney, a former basketball star at Loyola University Maryland. The sentencing concluded a case that deeply affected the local community and ended a long period of uncertainty for Barney’s family. McFarland was convicted of first-degree murder and carrying a deadly weapon with intent to cause harm. The conviction …