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] and Nazi Germany[6] 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.; Times, Special to The New York (1991). "Law and Order in China Means More Executions". The New York Times.
  6. ^ http://karlrobertkreiten.de/hinrichtung/kostenrechnung.php, cf. item Kosten der Strafvollstreckung at the bottom of the list