Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived the state’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection on September 30, prison officials said, in what her lawyers called a botched execution.

Pike was receiving life-saving medical care in a Nashville hospital the next day. Her lawyer Randall Spivey told reporters, “Christa is alive right now,” adding that her prognosis was unclear.

Governor Bill Lee ordered a suspension of scheduled executions in Tennessee for the rest of the year and a third-party review of the failed attempt. “It’s a tragedy, and it’s deeply disturbing to me,” Lee said.

Pike, 50, was 18 when she murdered schoolmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995. She would have been the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than two centuries.

The state corrections department said it followed its lawful execution protocol. Pike’s lawyers had opposed the execution, citing her age at the time of the crime and childhood abuse.