Bullet fee
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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,[1][2] Kingdom of Yugoslavia,[3] as well as in the People's Republic of China,[4][5] Ethiopia under the Derg's military and civilian regimes,[6] and Nazi Germany[7] on the families of executed prisoners.
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[edit]- ↑ Melamed, Karmel (2019). "'Paying for the bullet': A demonic Iranian regime tradition".
- ↑ Fassihi, Farnaz (23 June 2009). "Son's Death Has Iranian Family Asking Why". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Chinese try mobile death vans". The Age. 2003-03-13.
- ↑ Kristof, Nicholas D. (1991). "Law and Order in China Means More Executions". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Human Rights Watch" (PDF). www.hrw.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-11-16. Retrieved 2026-03-31.
- ↑ http://karlrobertkreiten.de/hinrichtung/kostenrechnung.php, cf. item Kosten der Strafvollstreckung at the bottom of the list