Answer:
The answer is a guarantee death by jury conviction rather than lynching; The police pormise that if the lynch mobs disperse the trial takers will be executed; they would sexual assault more.
Explanation:
Because I think this question is related to trials such as those of Scottboro Boys and Tom Robinson have sometimes been referred to as "courtroom lynchings."
The Mockingbird could be a symbol of peace and harmony. They say in the text that "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up peoples gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.<span>" The Mockingbird's leave them alone and they leave them alone. The birds sing for them every morning and stay out of the way, so why kill them? So to me they symbolize peace and harmony. </span>
The tone of this character is sorrowful because she is sad that her mother had died and she was not allowed to be present during her illness, death, or burial.
