本文通过对“受虐妇女杀夫案”的分析，认为在实务中该类案件量刑过重，而相关司法解释的做法颠倒了定罪与量刑的顺序，仅考虑量刑情节，排除了出罪空间。然而，现有的出罪路径包括传统的正当防卫、防御性紧急避险、期待可能性以及受虐妇女综合症等，均在逻辑上和适用上存在问题。随着当前正当防卫扩张化的趋势，适当放宽正当防卫的成立条件来为受虐妇女提供一条出罪路径具有合理性和必要性。本文认为，在时间要件上要采取主客观相结合的判断方法，综合判断不法侵害是否正在进行，在限度要件上要适当引入性别视角，合理考虑受虐妇女特殊的心理状态与所处境遇，判断其采取的防卫手段是否具有必要性。

This article argues that the sentencing for cases of abused women killing their husbands is too harsh in practice. The current judicial interpretation has reversed the order of conviction and sentencing by focusing solely on sentencing factors, neglecting the possibility of acquittal. However, the existing paths to acquittal, including traditional self-defense, the defensive necessity, anticipated possibility, and the battered woman syndrome, all have logical and applicability issues. With the current trend of expanding self-defense, it is reasonable to relax the conditions for establishing self-defense to provide a legitimate path to acquittal for abused women. This article suggests a combined subjective and objective approach to assessing the temporal elements, considering whether the unlawful infringement is ongoing, introducing a gender perspective to a reasonable extent in the threshold criteria, and factoring in the special psychological state and circumstances of abused women when determining the necessity of their defensive actions.