Evidences Plural Novels & Stories

tanong ni Sir tumango naman si Kath bago sumagot. "One of the three main piece of evidences that Wegener searched and found was GEOLOGIC EVIDENCE--which is the evidence in the layers of rocks across continents." sagot ni Kath. Grabe magaling din siyang sumagot. "Very good! Now Mr. Veloso could you give me another one evidence?" tanong ni Sir agad tumayo so Kevin at sumagot. "Fossil evidence was one of the three main piece of evidences which is the evidence in the places certain fossils are found." Sagot niya. Nakikinig thin pala siya.

“I really don’t know. Maybe… maybe it’s true.” Pero umiling si Elyse, hindi kumbinsido. “Hindi ako naniniwala. Kung totoo ‘yon, bakit walang ebidensya? Hindi man lang sila nakukuhanan ng picture o video kahit isa. Wala. Puro kwento lang. Kahit ‘yong media, wala ring maipakitang proof. Palagay ko gawa-gawa lang talaga ‘yan ng mga tao.”

“Kung balak mong mag-file ng kaso dahil sa plagiarism, mukhang kulang pa ang ebidensya na meron ka ngayon.” Napakunot ang noo ni Nevaeh. “Ano pa ang kailangan?” “Mas maganda kung makakuha ka ng mas solid na proof,” sagot ng abogado. “Halimbawa, chat records, or recorded calls. Mas may weight iyon.” Malinaw ang pahiwatig. Sumagot si Nevaeh. “Okay.” Pero sa isip niya, ano ba talaga ang maituturing na sapat na ebidensya?

Gan'on rin siya, matamang nakikinig sa mga paliwanag nito. "But the evidence is also important to prove that rape happened, to make it stronger and factual. We have three categories of evidence which are testimony, documentary, and tangible items." Binuksan nito ang attach case na dala at may inilabas na tatlong klase ng papel. "These are the example of victim's testimony." Ipinakita nito ang tatlong pahina ng papel, salaysay ng isang biktima. Bigla siyang naawa doon.

Bumaling ako sa laptop at nilipat ulit sa sunod na slide. "Fourth, evaluate the quality of evidence." Tumango naman siya, waiting for what I'm going to say next. "Evaluating the quality of our evidence is an important step to take before escalating our investigation. Kasi kung mahina 'yung ebidensya na makukuha natin, magsasayang lang tayo ng oras at panahon o ng pera. In most situations, it’s your word against the other person, so we’ll need some compelling and verifiable evidence on our side. It may be a tough pill to swallow, but in some situations, we’ll have to admit that we don’t have enough information to pursue this."

Hindi ko na maalala kung gaano katagal na ba akong nakatulala sa hawak kong flash drive. Para akong nahulog sa isang maze na walang exit — bawat daan may tanong, bawat sulok may banta. Dalawa na. Dalawang ebidensya. Dalawang kuwento. Pero alin ang totoo?