Up to 133 families have faced harrowing police probes, and possible jail, for aiding a loved one’s death in the last decade.
Campaigners are now calling for the blanket ban on assisting dying to be reviewed.
Of 152 cases referred to Crown prosecutors since 2009, most were dropped.
Over the period around 300 Brits died at Dignitas clinic in Switzerland.
Only three cases of encouraging or aiding suicide were successfully prosecuted.
Ann Whaley, probed for backing her ill husband’s decision to end his suffering at Dignitas said she was “made to feel like a criminal for acting out of love”.
Eighteen Police and Crime Commissioners have urged a review.
Dorset PCC Martyn Underhill said a change would let people die with legal supervision.
Sarah Wootton, of Dignity in Dying, said: “Compassion should not be a crime.”
But Anti-euthanasia Care Not Killing insisted: “Laws provide a safeguard.”
