OJ Simpson pleads with parole board for leniency

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP):

OJ Simpson pleaded for leniency Thursday, telling a parole panel he deeply regretted the night he robbed two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room.

"I just wish I never went to that room," he said. "I wish I just said keep it."

Simpson, 66, said he's been a model inmate while serving his time at Lovelock Correction Center 90 miles east of Reno, where he has been since 2008, when he was sentenced to up to 33 years.

He said he was determined to "do my time as best that I can do."

Simpson was sentenced to consecutive terms on several charges. But some of his sentences were ordered to run concurrently - two counts each of kidnapping and robbery and one count of burglary.