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Bullet fee

A bullet fee is a financial charge levied on the family of executed prisoners. Bullet fees have been levied in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, as well as in the People's Republic of China, Ethiopia under the Derg's military and civilian regimes, and Nazi Germany on the families of executed prisoners.

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A bullet fee is a financial charge levied on the family of executed prisoners. Bullet fees have been levied in the Islamic Republic of Iran,12 Kingdom of Yugoslavia,3 as well as in the People's Republic of China,45 Ethiopia under the Derg's military and civilian regimes,6 and Nazi Germany7 on the families of executed prisoners.

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  1. Melamed, Karmel (2019). "'Paying for the bullet': A demonic Iranian regime tradition".
  2. Fassihi, Farnaz (23 June 2009). "Son's Death Has Iranian Family Asking Why". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  3. Horvat, Vladimir (1996). "Nadbiskup Alojzije kardinal Stepinac i totalitarni režim" [Archbishop Alojzije Cardinal Stepinac and the totalitarian regime]. Obnovljeni život: časopis za filozofiju i religijske znanosti (in Croatian). 51 (1–2): 149–165. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  4. "Chinese try mobile death vans". The Age. 2003-03-13.
  5. Kristof, Nicholas D. (1991). "Law and Order in China Means More Executions". The New York Times.
  6. "Human Rights Watch" (PDF). www.hrw.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-11-16. Retrieved 2026-03-31.
  7. http://karlrobertkreiten.de/hinrichtung/kostenrechnung.php, cf. item Kosten der Strafvollstreckung at the bottom of the list