"Currently there are 2,000 battered women in America who are serving prison time for defending their lives against their batterers. (Stacey Kabat, Remarks from presentation at Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Health Communication, June 1991)"
http://www.purpleberets.org/pdf/bat_women_prison.pdf
英国法系的国家大多数法律都有一个"度" (reasonable) 的问题。也就是说只有在个人认为对方有意图威胁到个人性命的时候才能使用可致命的武力。邓玉娇的案子,刨除"官员"、"弱女子"这类哗众取巧的字眼就是很明显的防卫过度。