its illegal To Kill a Mockingbird because they dont mess up your gardens are nest in corn crobs and they just singMocking birds symbolise peace, innocence and tranquility in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. If Tom Robinson was innocent (and he clearly was) then he should never have been killed. So also, the innocent mockingbirds should never be killed. It is a shame when people think too highly of themselves and do not have any feelings of these innocent birds. They deserve a life just like Tom Robinson did. I personally think that killing an innocent mockingbird should be punished with the death sentence. They are innocent, you will be guilty, without doubt if you kill one of these precious, tranquil, amazing, gorgeous, glorious birds. Long live the mockingbirds!