6 presented in the brief of September 30, 1995. The amounts sought were as follows: US$173,058.35 for the next of kin of William Zenteno-Escobar, US$148,136.17 for the next of kin of Mr Edgar Zenteno-Escobar, and US$166,541.53 for the next of kin of Mr. Víctor Neira-Alegría. The Commission estimated Mr. Neira-Alegría's age at 31 for its calculation of his “loss of earnings.” 23. On January 26, 1996, the Court held a public hearing attended by, for the Republic of Peru: Jorge Hawie-Soret, Agent Julio Vega-Eráusquin, Assistant; for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Oscar Luján-Fappiano, Delegate Domingo E. Acevedo, Attorney Juan E. Méndez, Assistant. 24. At the public hearing on reparations the Government produced the following documentary evidence: a document issued by the National Prisons Institute, stating the date on which Mr. Víctor Neira-Alegría, Mr. Edgar-Zenteno Escobar and Mr. William-Zenteno Escobar entered the “El Frontón” correctional institution; legal material on the offenses of “ridicule and insolence”; documents of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, documentation from the Ministry of Labor and Social Promotion on the calculation of “loss of earnings.” The Government also supplied copies of some judgments handed down in Peru in connection with State responsibility stemming from the commission of criminal acts. 25. The delegate of the Inter-American Commission, for his part, submitted an article from a Peruvian daily newspaper on the compensation of the relatives of the victims of the “La Cantuta massacre.” 26. In connection with costs and expenses [daño emergente], the Government also produced a letter of January 23, 1996 to the Government's agent from Monsignor Juan Luis Martín-Bisson, Bishop and President of the Episcopal Social Welfare Commission [Comisión Episcopal de Acción Social], stating that the Episcopal Commission's professional services in the Neira Alegría et al. case had been provided free of charge. 27. On that subject, the Commission claimed at the public hearing that the Episcopal Social Welfare Commission was one of the Peruvian nongovernmental human rights organizations that had originally participated in the case, but that legal services “were subsequently provided by organizations such as CEAPAZ and FEDEPAZ.” 28. On March 27, 1996, the Commission submitted to the Court a brief containing information on the case supplied by the victims' representatives. The information concerned the calculation of “loss of earnings” for Víctor Neira-Alegría and indicated that the whereabouts of his next of kin were unknown. 29. On April 29, 1996, the Secretariat of the Court wrote formally to the Inter-American Commission requesting the presentation of certain documents containing information on: the list of beneficiaries of Costs and Expenses [daño emergente], “loss of earnings” and