That's one way to look at it.

But then you have a justice system that says "we're going to do exactly the same thing you did, but it's fine when we do it (and enjoy it) because we have better reasons than you did," and I don't think that's a good road to a civil society.

The sorority women who were killed and injured, and the 12 year old who was raped, killed and discarded in a pig shed all would have been spared if the authorities had done the bare minimum of keeping Bundy contained in custody when they already knew he'd killed a bunch of women. He didn't escape because he was some criminal mastermind, he was a nose-picking loser who realized how stupid the world is faster than most people do.