FILE - This Oct. 24, 2001 file photo shows the death chamber at the state prison in Jackson, Ga.(AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)
The request from public defender David Barron comes about a month after a Georgia death row inmate's attorney asked for a similar investigation. Justice Department officials didn't immediately return telephone calls Tuesday, but previously the agency has said they were reviewing the request.
Drug Enforcement Administration officials said about a week ago they had seized Georgia's supply of the drug.
A national shortage of sodium thiopental has prompted many states to look overseas for it. Sodium thiopental is a sedative used in many executions to start the lethal injection process.
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