>>Our system requires that the accused have counsel.

The US uses court appointment as a backstop to ensure representation while other nations use other mechanisms. E.g. a "first cab at the rank" rule that means you can't turn down a criminal client as easily as you can in the US. Which is why there's less concern abroad: people realize that criminal cases get dumped on your plate sometimes and you have to make the best of it.

The other point is that HRC could not give evidence herself (despite suggestions in mainstream media) but absolutely had an obligation to get expert evidence in front of the judge/jury if it assists her client. She's not allowed to go soft because she thinks her client is a pig. My question to people blaming HRC is: why is it her fault her client got off? Who was the prosecutor and what the heck happened to their obligation to prove the case?