The guy's a 'looney tune'. A lot of his type are, i.e., over educated sensless teflars. He does make a very rational good case for not doing it, i.e., going on the lam.
Going on the lam is serious business. You had better have a very good reason.
Here's a clip from a movie "The Next Three Days". Russel Crowe. Russ has a very good reason to run. It's a great movie. Zamp gives it 4.5 stars.
THE NEXT THREE DAYS SoundTrack MISTAKE by "MOBY'' - YouTube