Boston Marathon bombing suspect pleads not guilty

The accused Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has pleaded not guilty to all of the 30 counts against him.

Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty today to all 30 counts against him as he made his first appearance since he was taken into custody, wounded and bleeding after a police firefight in April.

Dzhokhar is accused of working with his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, to set off a pair of bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon April 15, killing three and injuring more than 260 others. Prosecutors said the pair also murdered an MIT police officer.

Tamerlan was killed in a firefight with police days after the bombing -- the same gun battle that Dzhokhar escaped with serious injuries. Dzhokhar was later found bloody and hiding in a boat in a Boston suburb, having allegedly scrawled anti-American messages on the boat's wall.

Both the families of some of the bombing victims and supporters of Dzhokhar's, including his two sisters, attended the hearing. Top law enforcement officials in Boston also attended.

Shaking my head. Still keeping the victims and their loved ones in my thoughts and prayers.