[stormhill]

You may also recall that in the original trial, Goetz was acquitted of everything except carrying without a permit. The judge threw everything at him for that conviction but that was not nearly enough for the hyenas.
Then, in clear and brazen violation of Double Jeopardy, he was tried again and convicted.

Prior to the second trial, the DA floated the idea of trying him for civil rights violation against the wolf pack. I remember turning to my wife and wondering when it became a civil right to mug people.

Oh, and by the way, apropos of absolutely nothing, a plurality of the jury that acquitted him was black.

[Scoutmaster]

Then, in clear and brazen violation of Double Jeopardy, he was tried again and convicted

There was never any double jeopardy. Goetz was tried once, and only once, by the State of New York on criminal charges. He was sued by Darrell Cabey, the thug he paralyzed, in civil court.

You may be confusing the fact that the grand jury added attempted murder charges to its original charges after hearing Goetz told the police he said "you don't look so bad, here's another" before taking a second shot at Cabey. That was done pre-trial.

It's also possible you're confusing the fact that the New York Court of Appeals overturned a pre-trial ruling by the criminal court judge, which made Goetz meet a higher burden in his justified use of deadly force defense.

However, there was no double jeopardy.

[SuziQ]

Oh, and by the way, apropos of absolutely nothing, a plurality of the jury that acquitted him was black.

Not surprising. They were probably sick and tired of being prey for the wolf packs, themselves.