Comment by coldtea

>Silence can’t be used against you

It sure can, but in more hypocritical and roundabout ways:

The cops take suspision on your silence, and push extra hard to get you, instead of letting you go after a routine questioning.

Or the prosecution is offended by your silence and throws the book at you.

Technically both get to swear that your silence was never an issue, while both being motivated to fuck you over because of it.