18 57) On March 22, 2002, the Commission and the representatives of the alleged victims presented their final written submissions separately. 58) On April 8, 2002, the Court requested clarification of the dates of arrest and conviction, as well as additional information from the Inter-American Commission and the representatives of the alleged victims in relation to the 32 alleged victims in the present Case. 59) On April 17 and April 19, 2002, respectively, the representatives of the alleged victims and the Commission submitted explanatory notes containing the clarifications requested by the Court (supra para. 58). VI FACTS SET FORTH 60) The Commission alleged that all of the alleged victims (supra para. 2) were tried and convicted of murder in Trinidad and Tobago pursuant to the Offences Against the Person Act, 31 and that they were also sentenced to death by hanging. Below, the Court presents a summary of the legal proceedings that led to each conviction: a) Haniff Hilaire (Case No. 11,816) was charged, along with his co-defendants Denny Baptiste and Indravani Ramjattan, with the murder of Alexander Jordan, which occurred between February 12 and 13, 1991. Haniff Hilaire was arrested on February 14, of the same year, and was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death on May 29, 1995. The same day, he applied for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago and on March 10, 1997, his appeal was dismissed. On October 30, 1997, Haniff Hilaire filed a petition for special leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and on November 6, 1997, said petition was dismissed. 32 b) George Constantine (Case No. 11,787) was charged with the December 1991 murder of his mother, Elsa Constantine. George Constantine was arrested on December 25, 1991, and was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death on 29 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the court of last resort for those Commonwealth countries that have chosen to retain it, as is the case with Trinidad and Tobago. 30 Cf. Patrick Reyes v. The Queen, Privy Council Appeal No. 64 of 2001, Judgment of March 11, 2002; The Queen v. Peter Hughes, Privy Council Appeal No. 91 of 2001, Judgment of March 11, 2002; and Berthill Fox v. The Queen, Privy Council Appeal No. 66 of 2000, Judgment of March 11, 2002. 31 Cf. Offences Against the Person Act of Trinidad and Tobago (April 3, 1925). Legislation of Trinidad and Tobago, section 4 in the following files archived in the Secretariat of the Court: "Haniff Hilaire (11,816) v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the Inter-American Commission," Exhibit 9, Vol. II, pp. 766-769; "George Constantine et al. v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the Inter-American Commission,"Exhibit 24, Vol. VII, pp. 3784-3787; and "Peter Benjamin et al. v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the Inter-American Commission," Exhibit 8, Vol. IV, pp. 12421257. 32 Cf. "Haniff Hilaire (11,816) v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the InterAmerican Commission," Exhibits 1-5, Vols. I and II, pp. 1-709.