On 7 August 1889, an American woman, florence elizabeth maybrick, was sentenced to death in a court in liverpool, England, for a crime she did not commit. She was condemned for the murder of her husband. Her husband was ...On 7 August 1889, an American woman, florence elizabeth maybrick, was sentenced to death in a court in liverpool, England, for a crime she did not commit. She was condemned for the murder of her husband. Her husband was jack the ripper.