The Tennessee Department of Correction said it followed established protocol and that the drug has been effective. Pike, 50, was discharged from the hospital and returned to Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville, where she has been for more than 30 years, her attorneys said Saturday.

“She is continuing to receive medical care at the prison, and we will continue to track her recovery,” Pike’s attorneys said.

Pike was rushed to a local hospital last week after the state attempted to execute her by lethal injection. She received two doses of pentobarbital, a sedative that at least 17 states use for capital punishment, but the execution was called off after she was still alive following the two injections. The Wall Street Journal’s report described the procedure as “a botched execution by lethal injection.”

At the hospital, Pike was at first intubated and put on a ventilator as hospital staff worked to clear the pentobarbital from her system. In recent days, Pike’s attorneys said she was conscious and speaking.

Gov. Bill Lee has halted all executions in the state following the failed execution. Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer. Her legal team has called on the governor to commute her death sentence and allow her to live the rest of her life in prison.