There is an element to the “suicide booth” that is seldom considered. This is the double question of an analysis of who is being killed and why, and what the long term consequences of this might be.
Officially, it is “Those with terminal illness and severe physical and mental illnesses, and people with incurable mental illnesses.” But as is plainly obvious, this could be very encompassing.
Officially, as of March 2008, Dignitas had thus far killed 840 people. “Most people coming to Dignitas do not plan to die but need insurance in case their illness becomes intolerable. Of those who receive the green light, 70% never return.”
(I think they meant to say “assurance” that Dignitas will kill them in the future if they request it.)
“21% of people receiving assisted dying in Dignitas do not have a terminal or progressive illness, but rather ‘weariness of life’.”
(There was no follow up to this statement. Is this a “green light” or not?)
Dignitas has been under multiple investigations for a long time, some of the people they have killed have been perfectly healthy.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/dignitas/index?tab=articles
You'd have a hard time getting a conviction on someone taking revenge on them in America ~ although there's been darned little of that in Europe. Could it be most heirs are happy with the solutions?