When faced with such allegations, the defense strategy should be comprehensive and thoughtful, aimed at proving that the client's actions were for legitimate market research purposes rather than for illegal profit. The following are possible defense methods: 1. **Clarify the client's intentions**: - **Market research purpose**: Emphasize that the client's main purpose for making this sale is to understand the market needs of minors, rather than to make illegal profits. Provide relevant market research plans, goals and methods to prove that this action is of a scientific research nature. - **No profit motive**: Show that the client did not have an obvious profit intention in this activity, such as no high profit goals set or evidence of no profit from sales. 2. **Provide relevant evidence**: - **Research documents**: Submit detailed market research plans, questionnaires, data analysis reports, etc. to prove that this sales behavior was part of a systematic research. - **Financial records**: Show the source and use of funds to prove that the funds were used for research activities rather than illegal profits. 3. **Emphasis on compliance efforts**: - **Age verification measures**: Show the age verification measures taken by the client during the sales process, such as requiring the presentation of identity documents, using age verification systems, etc., to show that the client intends to avoid selling to minors. - **Training and policies**: Provide employee training records and company sales policies to prove that the client values and complies with relevant laws and regulations. 4. **Questioning the prosecution's evidence**: - **Explanation of sales records**: Provide reasonable explanations for the evidence that the prosecution may provide of sales to minors, and explain whether these sales are for research needs rather than illegal transactions. - **Motivation analysis**: Question whether the prosecution can fully prove that the client's sales behavior is indeed motivated by illegal profit rather than legal market research. 5. **Benefit and harm assessment**: - **Social value of research**: Explain the potential benefits that this market research may bring to the industry or society, such as helping to develop more effective marketing strategies or improve product design. - **Minimized harm**: Demonstrate that the actual harm of this sales behavior to minors is small, emphasize that the client is not pursuing illegal profits, and thus reduce the negative evaluation of its behavior by the society. 6. **Seeking legal exemption or cooperation**: - **Exemption application**: In some cases, legal research exemptions can be applied for if relevant laws allow market research under certain conditions. - **Cooperative attitude**: Demonstrate the client's cooperative attitude throughout the investigation process and actively cooperate with the investigation of law enforcement agencies to obtain leniency from the court. **Important Tip**: The above are only general defense ideas. The defense strategy for a specific case should be formulated based on the actual situation, local laws and regulations, and the specific details of the case. Therefore, it is recommended that when facing such charges, you should immediately seek legal assistance from a professional lawyer to ensure the most appropriate and effective defense.