DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan denied a defense request to release an elderly homicide defendant to home confinement in a hearing on June 5. Morris Stokes, 72, is charged with premeditated first-degree murder while armed for allegedly beating 70-year-old Maurice Rowe to death with a pole on Aug. 6, 2024, on the 1400 block of Downing Street, NE. Rowe succumbed to his injuries on Oct. 24, 2024. At the hearing, Peter Odom, Stokes’ attorney, …