DOOLEY Observed: O.J. Simpson regrets going after memorabilia

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Friday, July 26, 2013

O.J. Simpson regrets going after memorabilia

By SANDRA CHEREB

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - O.J. Simpson pleaded for leniency Thursday, telling a parole panel he deeply regretted robbing two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room and has tried to be a model inmate while behind bars.

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

Simpson, 66, said he's been an upstanding 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.

Simpson said during his 15-minute presentation that he shouldn't be compared with other inmates doing time for similar crimes.

"The difference between all of their crimes and mine is, they were trying to steal other people's property," he said. "They were trying to steal other people's money.

"My crime was trying to retrieve for my family my own property," he said. "Make no mistake I would give it all back to these guys. They can have it all to get these five years of my life back."