The former Rutgers University student convicted of bias crimes for using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate offered his first apology for his actions Tuesday, The Star-Ledger reported.

“I accept responsibility for and regret my thoughtless, insensitive, immature, stupid and childish choices that I made on September 19, 2010 and September 21, 2010,” Dharun Ravi, who was sentenced to 30 days in jail earlier this month, said in a statement.

“My behavior and actions, which at no time were motivated by hate, bigotry, prejudice or desire to hurt, humiliate or embarrass anyone, were nonetheless the wrong choices and decisions. I apologize to everyone affected by those choices.”

Ravi, 20, also announced he would turn himself in to begin serving his sentence Thursday. Although he was told to report to jail on May 31, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office’s decision to appeal the sentence meant Ravi did not yet have to begin serving jail time.

However, Ravi’s lawyer said his client wanted to “get it over with,” and Ravi said in a statement he had decided to “accept and hopefully complete the sentence as soon as possible. It’s the only way I can go on with my life.”

Ravi had faced up to 10 years in prison after he was convicted on bias intimidation charges in March for streaming a romantic encounter between his roommate, Tyler Clementi, and an older man on the internet.

The incident fueled a national debate over privacy rights and bullying when Clementi, 18, committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge soon after learning of Ravi’s spying in September 2010.

Ravi was not charged in connection with Clementi’s death.

Before issuing the sentence on May 21, Judge Glenn Berman noted Ravi had not offered an apology for his actions.

“I heard this jury say guilty 288 times: 24 questions, 12 jurors, that’s the multiplication,” Berman said. “And I haven’t heard you apologize once.”