My short answer to a complicated problem comes down to philosophy:

Is suicide ever allowed? Is there honorable suicide? Is suicide illegal?

For me, living is pain, and life is hard. The death penalty to me is a way to justify one's revenge and the act of living is already pain in itself. Death is a shortcut and is a crime, even taking one's own life.

Perhaps in my idealistic self, I don't really support the ideas of assisted suicide. But if the question is "Should society be making those decisions," I draw the line with a resounding "No." I think the penalties for faking assisted suicides should be extremely high (more so than just 'murder in the second degree or manslaughter,") but I think it's a personal decision, not a state decision.