Why don’t all arrested crime suspects exercise their right to remain silent?

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Talking in the US context. The Miranda warning says anything you say can be used against you in a court of law but never to support your case. So as I see it talking to the cops makes no sense irrespective of whether you have committed a crime or not. So why do suspects sit for hours long interviews with the cops?

Edit:- “… never to support your case”. As some commenters pointed out the Miranda warning doesn’t say that. That’s right, I meant it in an implicit way. I just saw a defense attorney’s YT video who said that’s the hidden part.

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People are wired evolutionary to share emotional/important stuff.

This is why often when something happens at work/ in relationships/ etc people need to vent.

And police interrogation is a stressful endeavor as people said.

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